French Exit
French Exit
French Exit
Directed by:
Azazel JacobsScreenplay:
Patrick deWittCinematography:
Tobias DatumCast:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Imogen Poots, Tracy Letts, Daniel di Tomasso (more)Plots(1)
"My plan was to die before the money ran out", says 60-year-old, penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn't go as planned. Her husband, Franklin, has been dead for 12 years. With his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless son, Malcolm (Lucas Hedges), and a cat named Small Frank - who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances's dead husband. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The 62-year-old Hollywood veteran immersed herself in her role with all her professionalism, even though the character of Frances presented her with mischievous obstacles. A lifelong non-smoker, Michelle was forced to smoke more cigarettes for the role than she had in her entire previous professional life. She deserves recognition for her performance, but the film itself is considerably more problematic. I miss having a strong producer's hand, who should be the first to recognize that the film is heading towards failure. It is not clear who the film wants to appeal to, and it doesn't even have a clear genre it wants to be part of. Some of the characters should have been more well-defined. At times, the film requires an uncompromising edit. The screenwriter's work should have been returned to the table for (probably multiple) revisions. In this form, the film is destined to be quickly forgotten. Overall impression: 40%.
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