Dozens of others movies have been produced on the subject of cognitive disability. Most leaning towards the tearjerking drama.
Here we have one that makes you smile or laugh (10-20 times) and which attempts a realistic depiction of some grey (and grim) areas of social services provided today in an "advanced economy" (France).
The result is uneven: writing isn't good enough (a lot of genre tropes and cliches), direction is mediocre and actors with no range can't save the below average script. The fun is systematically bittersweet and you wonder why you're watching this: to be educated about something? certainly you can't feel too good in the face of such dramatic situations, or can you? (personally I wouldn't feel guilty if offered a really funny experience in the same context).
To sum it up the film's faults are too many to recommend it (I forgot about the length: 30 minutes out of 2 hours could be easily cut). Watch it only if you want to feel that disturbing sense of guilt for the inadeguacy of our social services ("it's all about money")... or if you need it (which - being able to recognize it - perhaps qualifies you as a person that doesn't).
Mesmerizing instrumental piece by the Grandbrothers.
The result is uneven: writing isn't good enough (a lot of genre tropes and cliches), direction is mediocre and actors with no range can't save the below average script. The fun is systematically bittersweet and you wonder why you're watching this: to be educated about something? certainly you can't feel too good in the face of such dramatic situations, or can you? (personally I wouldn't feel guilty if offered a really funny experience in the same context).
To sum it up the film's faults are too many to recommend it (I forgot about the length: 30 minutes out of 2 hours could be easily cut). Watch it only if you want to feel that disturbing sense of guilt for the inadeguacy of our social services ("it's all about money")... or if you need it (which - being able to recognize it - perhaps qualifies you as a person that doesn't).
Mesmerizing instrumental piece by the Grandbrothers.