Drama

Comedy

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Indian Paintbrush

American Empirical Pictures

Studio Babelsberg

United States of America

Germany

English

Français

Benicio del Toro

Adrien Brody

Tilda Swinton

Léa Seydoux

Frances McDormand

Timothée Chalamet

Lyna Khoudri

Jeffrey Wright

Mathieu Amalric

Steve Park

Bill Murray

Owen Wilson

Bob Balaban

Henry Winkler

Lois Smith

Tony Revolori

Denis Ménochet

Larry Pine

Morgane Polanski

Félix Moati

Mohamed Belhadjine

Nicolas Avinée

Christoph Waltz

Cécile de France

Guillaume Gallienne

Rupert Friend

Alex Lawther

Tom Hudson

Lily Taïeb

Stéphane Bak

Hippolyte Girardot

Liev Schreiber

Willem Dafoe

Edward Norton

Saoirse Ronan

Winsen Ait Hellal

Mauricette Coudivat

Damien Bonnard

Rodolphe Pauly

Antonia Desplat

Elisabeth Moss

Jason Schwartzman

Fisher Stevens

Griffin Dunne

Pablo Pauly

Wallace Wolodarsky

Anjelica Bette Fellini

Anjelica Huston

Krishna Bagadiya

Julien Lecat

Gaelle Puimaly

Leo Jennings

Alexandre Steiger

Philippe Peyraud

Gérard Merle

Jean Pierre Grasset

Yannick Begoin

Yves Gaillard

Jerome Caminotti

Pierre-Yves Martron

Philippe Pelletier

Landry Marinette

Natal Koli

Côme Loury

Victor Piechaud

Charlie Rosser

Mathys Raynaud

Thomas Poirson

Gabriel Mesnard

Raphael Delage

Briac Aubin

Raphael Bancarel

Tiago Allaire

Martin Frappier

Raphael Dias

Victorien Belly

Samuel Amblard

Sam Poupart

Milo Bancarel

Charles Audry

Francois Boussiron

Jean-Pierre Coudert

Patrick Morcelli

Bernard Richefort

Djemal Saidoun

Vincent Griere

Arthur Guillebaud

Mehdy Hassani

Jérémy Martincourt

Nicolas Pasciani

Eutrope Roger

Marti Torrens

Pierre Cantaral

Louis Changeur

Denis Havard

Halbo Kool

Pascal Lefort

Jean-Benoit Pinot

Gregory Sacriste

Antonio Terroso

Roger Do Minh

Vincent Scotet

Nicolas Voisin

Courtney Fehsenfeld

Rena DeAngelo

Hélène Dubreuil

Aarif Attarwala

Carine Demonguères

Mathias Canard

Christine Vincent-Genod

Maya Benamer

Aurélie Bouchet

Odile Fourquin

Frédérique Ney

Emmanuelle Pombet

Craig Berkey

Chris Scarabosio

Patricia Colin

Emanuele Farnesi

Wendy Garfinkle

Alexander Ha

Wes Anderson

Jeff Kryvicky

Charlie Vaughan

Andrea Hachuel

Ségolène Amice Lagny

Fanny Floupin

Alice Leconte

Christine Mouchard

Annie Atkins

Jannick Guillou

Ludovic Erbelding

Sanjay Sami

Susan Dawes

Peter Persaud

Steve Baine

Meghan Currier

Gwenn Germain

Olivia Delfour

Jarvis Cocker

Frances Hannon

Martin Scali

Marie Lajus

Xavier Bonnefont

Françcois Bonneau

Milena Canonero

Jeremy Dawson

Steven M. Rales

Douglas Aibel

Adam Stockhausen

Dominique Fouassier

Robert D. Yeoman

Kevin Timon Hill

Ben Howard

Roman Coppola

Hugo Guinness

Antoinette Boulat

Jina Jay

Randall Poster

Alexandre Desplat

Andrew Weisblum

Frédéric Blum

Octavia Peissel

Henning Molfenter

Christoph Fisser

Carl Woebcken

Stéphane Cressend

Loïc Chavanon

Véronique Boslé

Fabienne Robineau

Wayne Lemmer

Jean-Paul Mugel

Jean-Christophe Magnaud

Vico Sharabani

Katrina Barton

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Christophe

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-french-dispatch-spoiler-free-review

"The French Dispatch possesses all of Wes Anderson's trademark quirks, but this time, even hardcore fans of his unique style will struggle to not feel overwhelmed.

Every filmmaking department shines in such an impressive manner that one could call this movie a "technical masterpiece" packed with fantastic performances across the board. Unfortunately, the cliche criticism "style over substance" fits this picture too well.

The infinite amount of Anderson-ish quirks transforms the already uninteresting narrative with emotionally hollow characters into an extremely challenging, hard-to-follow story.

In four simple words: it's just too much..."

Rating: C+

Impeccably well made, supremely enjoyable.

This is only the second Wes Anderson film that I've seen (fwiw, first was '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/moonrise-kingdom/" rel="nofollow">Moonrise Kingdom</a>' which I didn't like all that much *hides*) and now I can better understand the hype that man gets. 'The French Dispatch' is quality, plain and simple.

The ensemble cast are a delight, with many a familiar face spread across each segment and each one of them bringing entertaining performances. Frances McDormand would be my standout performer, closely followed by Benicio del Toro. Though, to be honest, all them are terrific - from Owen Wilson to Adrien Brody to Léa Seydoux to Timothée Chalamet to Jeffrey Wright. Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe and Bill Murray star too. Unreal casting, that!

Anthology flicks can be hit-and-miss for me personally, though to be fair my predominant previous exposure to them has been via those cheaply made Disney animated sequels from yesteryear so time will tell if that feeling holds. I'm pleased to say here, though, that I thoroughly enjoyed watching one develop. It helps that this release knits the segments together seamlessly, with stunning cinematography, editing et al. Loved the animated part, too.

CinemaSerf

I suppose like any newspaper or magazine upon which this compendium effort is based, there are some "articles" more interesting than others - and that's what this offers. Three elongated features form the centrepieces of this somewhat surreal comedy. As you might expect from Wes Anderson, these stories are eclectic, and delivered well by a cast that were well up for their tasks. My favourite of the three features Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet offering us some sort of Hemmingway-esque parody of revolution fought over a chess board - with quite humorous results. Humour is a strong feature of this film. I would say comedy, not so much. One has to pay attention to what is going on to get the best from the acting, the script and, as importantly, the imagery which effortlessly mixes monochrome and colour, and which is also bright, vivacious, and frequently just as informative as the dialogue. It does run out of steam at times, the themes could have been a little more compact, and the two side-stories - especially the travel report with Owen Wilson at the top of the film didn't work so well for me. I'm not an huge fan of eccentricity - it is all-too-often just hit or miss, but here we have more hits than not, and with a healthy swipe at journalistic values along the way, a bit of romance and some daft antics from a rogue Benicio del Toro, this is certainly worth watching.

Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/the-world-through-pastel-colored-glasses-the-french-dispatch-review<a>

Watching a Wes Anderson movie is a feast for the eyes. Few directors have such a distinct visual language. When you are watching a Wes Anderson movie, the audience knows it’s a Wes Anderson movie. _The French Dispatch_ is no different. It is a series of vignettes from the fictional French foreign bureau of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun’s last issue following the death of its editor, Arthur Howitzer Jr. (Bill Murray). Each scene is an extraordinarily detailed still life painting that welcomes the audience to the dreamy French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé. It’s what the world would look like if we were all wearing rose-colored glasses.

This film might be a tie with Grand Budapest Hotel for my favorite Wes Anderson. It's wacky and creative. The pacing is so fast that it will need another watch to really appreciate. I wish I'd seen it on a big screen :-(  Did I mention the amazing cast and the super job they did?

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