Tango
1993
A classic Black Comedy from Patrice Leconte. A boy and his uncle, together with a hitman, go in search of a missing wife. Read more
| Starring | Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Carole Bouquet |
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| Director | Patrice Leconte |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Tango
A classic Black Comedy from Patrice Leconte. A boy and his uncle, together with a hitman, go in search of a missing wife.
| Starring | Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Carole Bouquet, Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Judith Godrèche, Michèle Laroque |
|---|---|
| Director | Patrice Leconte |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Feb 2005 Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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That it mocks its audience rather than satirises its characters is the main problem with this vulgar road movie about an unsavoury wife-murdering trio. After the humanity of Monsieur Hire and the quirkiness of The Hairdresser's Husband, hopes were high for this freewheeling black comedy from Patrice Leconte, which he promised would rock the politically correct back on their self-righteous feet. Expectations were further raised by the quality of a cast that includes Philippe Noiret and the hairdresser's husband himself, Jean Rochefort. But ultimately Leconte lacks the restraint and wit that could have made this a minor masterpiece.
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An outrageous black comedy and a witty examination of masculine and feminine attitudes to life. Style, and sprightly acting, carry the day.
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
French Comedy?
This film, for me, sums up what's worst about some French Cinema. Some middle class men with no obvious money making occupations sit round and talk about women life and whatever.
I am a huge fan of most of director Patrice Leconte's films but this really failed to connect. Perhaps the comedy (I'm assuming the film's meant to be funny) got lost in translation. The film lacks the gentle humour and humanity of his other better work and felt like a limp farce. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Fine acting from a strong cast can not redeem the pointless nastiness of this film
I'm surprised by the number of good reviews this film is getting - it's one of the most uncomfortably, idiotically awful films I've ever seen.
The plot is too ridiculous to explain in any detail. In summary, we have 2 rather unpleasant, chavinistic men (uncle and nephew) who blackmail a (not so unpleasant) murderer to murder the nephew's wife, who, sick of his infidelities, has walked out on him.
But the ludicrous plot is not the main problem with the film, it is a black comedy after all. The problem is that the characters are uninteresting and one-dimensional, with mostly abhorrent views on life and women. Once the exposition is out of the way, the film is then a disjointed sequence of social and sexual encounters which the trio have on their murder trip.
The common denominator of these encounters is tragedy - everyone is sad and disfunctional, in different ways. For a french film, it is painfully cold, bleak and uncomfortable to watch. But there is no pay-off - no lessons are learned, the film doesn't develop any themes, it just meanders from meaningless encounter to meaningless encounter. The ending makes no sense of what's gone before - it's all a confused mess, and the unredeemed nastiness of the characters is nauseating. -
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