Waiting_for_Bojangles_(film)
Waiting for Bojangles (film)
2021 French film
Waiting for Bojangles (French: En attendant Bojangles) is a 2021 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Régis Roinsard [fr], starring Romain Duris, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois. It is an adaptation of Olivier Bourdeaut's novel of the same name.
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| Directed by | Régis Roinsard [fr] |
| Written by | Romain Compingt [fr] Régis Roinsard |
| Based on | Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut |
| Produced by | Olivier Delbosc Jean-Pierre Guérin [fr] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Guillaume Schiffman |
| Edited by | Loïc Lallemand [fr] |
| Music by | Clare Manchon Olivier Manchon |
Production companies | Curiosa Films JPG Films |
| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $13.4 million [1] |
| Box office | $4.5 million [2] |
- Romain Duris as Georges Fouquet
- Virginie Efira as Camille Fouquet
- Grégory Gadebois as Charles, dit l'Ordure
- Solàn Machado-Graner as Gary Fouquet
- Fabienne Chaudat as Marie-Françoise
- Éliza Maillot [fr] as Francine
- François Raffenaud [fr] as a cocktail party guest
- Aurélia Petit as a teacher
- Christian Ameri [fr] as a florist
- Jean-Pierre Durand [fr] as a fire chief
- Milo Machado-Graner as Alexandre
- Irène Ismaïloff [fr]
Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave the film a score of 10/10 and called it "mesmerizing from start to finish."[3]
Ray Gill of Willamette Week rated the film 4 stars out of 4 and called it an "uneasy thrill ride full of uncertainty, as any great love story should be."[4]
Calum Marsh of The New York Times wrote that the "vision of a life of immeasurable joy and passion — one lived solely for love, without limits or qualifications — is beautiful", and while the film is in "constant jeopardy of seeming maudlin or, worse, a little corny", it is an "admirable problem".[5]
Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2 stars out of 4 and wrote that despite "charismatic" and "committed" performances from Duris and Efira, the film spends "much" of its "overlong" running time depicting mental illness as an "adorable personality quirk, a source of good-time party vibes, even a glamorous quality", and that once the "frothy French romance evolves into a more serious drama" it "turns turgid, causing a jarring tonal shift."[6]
Josh Kupecki of The Austin Chronicle rated the film 2 stars out of 5 wrote that the while the film "looks marvelous, with Roinsard artfully weaving through throngs of partygoers placed in vibrant, lived-in spaces and exotic locales", and Efira "continues her run of outstanding performances", she is "ultimately ill-served by a character and a film that’s removed any gravitas it seeks to instill by paradoxically not being removed enough."[7]
- LePire, Bobby (31 August 2022). "Waiting for Bojangles". Film Threat. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- Gill, Ray (30 August 2022). "Waiting for Bojangles". Willamette Week. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- Marsh, Calum (1 September 2022). "'Waiting for Bojangles' Review: Endless Love". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- Lemire, Christy (2 September 2022). "Waiting for Bojangles". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- Kupecki, Josh (2 September 2022). "Waiting for Bojangles". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
