The Chateau (2001)
Didier Flamand, Donal Logue, Maria Verdi
The Chateau is a trifle, yet it may stick in your head. Paul Rudd and Romany Malco play two American brothers, Graham and Allen, who inherit an enormous French chateau when their hitherto unknown great-uncle dies. The bickering pair, equipped with only a smattering of French, soon discover th... (read more) The Chateau is a trifle, yet it may stick in your head. Paul Rudd and Romany Malco play two American brothers, Graham and Allen, who inherit an enormous French chateau when their hitherto unknown great-uncle dies. The bickering pair, equipped with only a smattering of French, soon discover that the chateau is hugely in debt and the servants don't want to leave. While trying to sell the place, they vie for the affections of a sweet maid (Sylvie Testud) and comically grapple with cultural differences. The Chateau has a bit of social satire, some deft character portraits, and some very funny mangled French. Rudd and Malco banter entertainingly; Rudd is particularly good, both funny and a little sad as Graham flails to find a new life that he didn't fully realize he wanted. Though slight, the movie has surprising moments that cut deeper than you'd expect. --Bret Fetzer
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R, 92 min.
Directed by:
Jesse Peretz
Release Date: Jun 01, 2001
DVD Release Date: Sep 23, 2003
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Alright, the end was pretty good, but the rest wasn't funny beyond a few lost-in-translation jokes and the quality was low, along with the acting.
It wasn't all that funny, and I wasn't impressed with the acting or the story. It didn't really have a point, and the end was just stupid. I wouldn't recommend this.
An ok movie that is entertaining and funny at times and then just boring at other.
First off, MiniDV + natural light = WORST IDEA EVER. That said, "The Chateau" is damn funny. The laid-back, improv style coupled with culture-clase humor might fly over some people's heads, but the willing cast brings the goods. Romany Malco is absol... (read more) First off, MiniDV + natural light = WORST IDEA EVER. That said, "The Chateau" is damn funny. The laid-back, improv style coupled with culture-clase humor might fly over some people's heads, but the willing cast brings the goods. Romany Malco is absolutely hilarious - restrained and cool one second, frantic the next - and Sylvie Testud is absolutely adorable as always.
free on on demand right now...its shot on video so be ready for that if your interested (you get used to it). if your a rudd fan you will either love or hate this movie. malco is pretty sweet in it, way better than in 40 year old virgin but his chara... (read more) free on on demand right now...its shot on video so be ready for that if your interested (you get used to it). if your a rudd fan you will either love or hate this movie. malco is pretty sweet in it, way better than in 40 year old virgin but his character does seem to become a little dull about 3/4 of the way into the movie. climax is anti-climactic...there's barely a point to this movie but its enjoyable when your watching it because you think there might be and actually i guess maybe there is kind of...I give it a C
Intelligent, and rather subtle. Particularly when you consider almost all of the dialogue was improvised.
Paul Rudd and Romany Malco? And I've never heard of it? Rudd sure does some crazy things.
This has some outstanding parts, but the movie is somewhat slow and a bit low budget. It has some genius writting.
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A culture-clash comedy that, in addition to being very funny, captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe.full review
The Chateau belongs to Rudd, whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot.full review
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