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| ACTORS: | Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Patrice Leconte |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2002 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - French |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097363423249 |
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Customer Reviews of Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)
A small, slight masterpiece Johnny Hallyday and Jean Rochefort are superb in what is for all intents and purposes a two-person movie. But between those two, what drama! And comedy!! You'll laugh at some very smart and well-staged moments crafted by director Patrice Leconte.
Hallyway - face weathered (and perhaps somewhat distorted from plastic surgery) - is career criminal Milan. Rochefort - slight and sedantary - is retired linguistics teacher Manesquier. Through chance meeting, their lives cross. Each slowly admires the other's life choices:
- Manesquier takes a stealthy turn as Wyatt Earp in Milan's leather jacket
- Milan tries on slippers for the first time
- Manesquier fires Milan's pistol
- Milan gives a surprised boy his weekly Balzac lesson
The ending threw me for a loop. After 85 minutes or so of life in a small French city, the last five minutes can catch you off guard. What is Leconte doing here? Are the characters actually...???(don't want to reveal here). Unlike "Swimming Pool," you get it sorted out pretty quickly. It's a shocking but satisfying ending.
I can't recommend this movie highly enough.
Cute Flick
I loved the characters in this film. The old retired teacher in a small French town, invites a raggedy drifter who is in town (to rob a bank), to stay in his mansion since the local hotel is closed for the season. As the film progresses, each begin to admire the others' way of life. The old teacher, who is a very loveable person, is in love with American western movies, and tries to start fights, but just can't, since he is so well known and respected. The drifter is the silent type who gets a chance to try on slippers for the very first time while with the teacher.
This film really drew me into the protagonists' lives, and though I'm not really sure if there is a definite moral to it, it kept me thinking of my own life, and the choices that I've made, and why I chose what I did. This is a great film if you're looking for something to inspire you into gaining some hindsight.
The acting is terrific, the script is lovely, this is a must-see for all drama aficionados.
slow and boring
Slow and boring. The first hour and fifteen minutes are nothing but a dawdling and pointless dialogue between two very different strangers who become somewhat of friends. If you are still awake for the last 15 minutes, there is a very brief moment of action. The music is intentionally reminiscent of an American Western but since the film is set in a modern French town, it's a combination that didn't appeal to me in the least. The picture quality is great, however the English subtitles are fixed, and can't be removed. Furthermore the translations aren't completely accurate, and they are often poorly timed.