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CAST & CREW
Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Sylvie Testud
Directed by Jesse Peretz
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SYNOPSIS
Jesse Peretz follows up his subdued first feature, FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES, with this outrageous comedy, shot on digital video. more...
MPAA RATING
R, for strong language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 31 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Aug 9, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
IFC Films
GENRE
Comedies, France
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TRAILER & MEDIA
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "... a fluffy, flaky croissant of a culture clash comedy, barely substantial enough for a feature but just light and tasty enough to satisfy."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Once the viewer accepts the huge leaps of faith required in the film's premise, it's a lot of fun to strap oneself in and enjoy this goofy ride."
-- Merle Bertrand, FILM THREAT
"There's a spontaneity to The Chateau, a sense of light-heartedness, that makes it attractive throughout."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
 "Halfway through the movie, the humor dwindles. It's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have (and probably should have) been a lighthearted comedy."
-- Jordana Brown, CITYSEARCH
"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones, but all it amounts to is a mildly funny, sometimes tedious, ultimately insignificant film."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"Given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece, the picture begins to resemble the shapeless, grasping actors' workshop that it is."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"At its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers."
-- El Topo, IOFILM.CO.UK
"Francophiles will snicker knowingly and you'll want to slap them."
-- Thom Fowler, HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP
"Thanks to The Château's balance of whimsicality, narrative discipline and serious improvisation, almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises."
-- Tom Keogh, SEATTLE TIMES
"Nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Overall, it's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine, acerbic laughs."
-- Frank Ochieng, FILMCRITIC.COM
"The uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"A pleasant diversion."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
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"The Chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between Gauls and Yanks."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"The Château would have been benefited from a sharper, cleaner script before it went in front of the camera. Not to mention a sharper, cleaner camera lens."
-- Carlo Cavagna, ABOUTFILM.COM
"Ze movie starts out so funny, then she is nothing."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"The Chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
"Grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"An occasionally funny, but overall limp, fish-out-of-water story."
-- Andy Klein, DALLAS OBSERVER
"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Nothing really happens in the film, but that doesn't stop it from being pretty darn entertaining."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"'The Château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot.'"
-- Anita Schmaltz, METRO TIMES
"Boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
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ROTTEN 43%
Avg. Rating: 5.7/10 |
"Limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very, very slowly."
-- Robert K. Elder, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"A comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The new faces are interesting, but the old story isn't, especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR
"The Chateau... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"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."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"A culture clash comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is."
-- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"Funny, even after it has run out of ideas."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"The Chateau belongs to Rudd, whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Suffers from rambling, repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"After the setup, the air leaks out of the movie, flattening its momentum with about an hour to go."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
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"An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences… The Château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
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