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Grande Bouffe, La Reviews

1973

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A group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death. Read more

Starring	Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Director	Marco Ferreri
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- - 7
  - 2
  Bizarre and decadent
  
  This film really is very strange indeed. It centres around the actions of four wealthy men who retire to a large country house with a number of prostitutes and... read more »
  
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  - The Zone
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 12:35
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- - 0
  - 0
  Almost a case for anorexia !
  
  This theme, ingeniously explored by Marco Ferreri, where four friends, all gourmets and high livers gather for a weekend of debauchery,outrageous food, sordid ... read more »
  
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- - David R Grimshaw
  - Guernsey
  - 25 Nov 2009 at 21:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Not bad
  
  The film has potential however it is very much showing its age. Certainly controversial however not as much as some of the films we have today. It's one of ... read more »
  
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  - North Walsham, Norfolk
  - 28 May 2009 at 14:29
- - 0
  - 2
  The worst
  
  The worst film I have seen. Absolutely disgusting, no humour whatsoever, the subject of grown men stuffing food is just diabolically. Not one for me to stomach... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 03 Jan 2009 at 20:18
- - 1
  - 0
  those mad french
  
  Enjoyable if not silly romp along where 4 guys presumably go to a house to eat themselves to death. Great acting let down by overacting bordering on hamming at ... read more »
  
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- - druski
  - 100 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 20 Jun 2008 at 14:58
- - 1
  - 0
  Dull and unpleasant
  
  This is, presumably, supposed to be a satire on bourgeois greed and depravity. However, despite a host of excellent actors, it seemed to me a one-dimensional ... read more »
  
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- - Cheggers81
  - 24 reviews
  - Chichester
  - 16 Apr 2008 at 17:07
- - 1
  - 1
  Grande Bouffe
  
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  Absolutely revolting. Failed to understand it.
  
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  - Tunbridge Wells
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 09:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Stick it out
  
  I recommend this film. Sometimes it's a bit of work, it's nearly 35 years old, so it moves at a pace we're just not accustomed to nowadays. As the ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 05 Mar 2008 at 18:41
- - 2
  - 0
  just great
  
  Call me weird, but i think this film does deserve the adjective 'beautiful'. The luscious performances by all actors involved, the mysteriousness of the... read more »
  
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- - Erika
  - 23 reviews
  - London
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 17:13
- - 3
  - 1
  The most disgusting film ever made
  
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  The relentless grossness and excess are almost too much, especially when the man explodes to death in a puddle of diarrhoea on the balcony. But the film's ... read more »
  
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  - Croydon
  - 21 Mar 2007 at 23:35
- - 7
  - 2
  Bizarre and decadent
  
  This film really is very strange indeed. It centres around the actions of four wealthy men who retire to a large country house with a number of prostitutes and... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 411229
- - a customer
  - The Zone
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 12:35
View all members' reviews (16)

- - 7
  - 2
  Bizarre and decadent
  
  This film really is very strange indeed. It centres around the actions of four wealthy men who retire to a large country house with a number of prostitutes and... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 411229
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - The Zone
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 12:35
- - 3
  - 1
  The most disgusting film ever made
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  The relentless grossness and excess are almost too much, especially when the man explodes to death in a puddle of diarrhoea on the balcony. But the film's ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 422549
- - a customer
  - Croydon
  - 21 Mar 2007 at 23:35
- - 2
  - 0
  just great
  
  Call me weird, but i think this film does deserve the adjective 'beautiful'. The luscious performances by all actors involved, the mysteriousness of the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 520274
- - Erika
  - 23 reviews
  - London
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 17:13
- - 1
  - 0
  Dull and unpleasant
  
  This is, presumably, supposed to be a satire on bourgeois greed and depravity. However, despite a host of excellent actors, it seemed to me a one-dimensional ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 554311
- - Cheggers81
  - 24 reviews
  - Chichester
  - 16 Apr 2008 at 17:07
- - 1
  - 0
  those mad french
  
  Enjoyable if not silly romp along where 4 guys presumably go to a house to eat themselves to death. Great acting let down by overacting bordering on hamming at ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 578709
- - druski
  - 100 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 20 Jun 2008 at 14:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Stick it out
  
  I recommend this film. Sometimes it's a bit of work, it's nearly 35 years old, so it moves at a pace we're just not accustomed to nowadays. As the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 535276
- - a customer
  - London
  - 05 Mar 2008 at 18:41
- - 1
  - 1
  Grande Bouffe
  
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  Absolutely revolting. Failed to understand it.
  
  Report this review
- 542050
- - a customer
  - Tunbridge Wells
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 09:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Not bad
  
  The film has potential however it is very much showing its age. Certainly controversial however not as much as some of the films we have today. It's one of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 763516
- - a customer
  - North Walsham, Norfolk
  - 28 May 2009 at 14:29
- - 0
  - 0
  Almost a case for anorexia !
  
  This theme, ingeniously explored by Marco Ferreri, where four friends, all gourmets and high livers gather for a weekend of debauchery,outrageous food, sordid ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 834530
- - David R Grimshaw
  - Guernsey
  - 25 Nov 2009 at 21:10
- - 0
  - 1
  A Parody of Decadence...
  
  Never a brilliant film, but a good, and humourous film; it suggests more than it actually says about modern decadence and western overindulgence... much more ... read more »
  
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- 269050
- - a customer
  - Manchester, England
  - 28 Jul 2006 at 22:29

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