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Bon Voyage (2004)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:71

Rotten:22

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: It's froth, but stylish and giddily entertaining.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for some violence

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:14-05-2004

Synopsis: Set in 1940s France in the moments before the German occupation of Paris during World War II, Jean-Paul Rappeneau's lively farce BON VOYAGE combines a murder mystery, a political drama, and a... Set in 1940s France in the moments before the German occupation of Paris during World War II, Jean-Paul Rappeneau's lively farce BON VOYAGE combines a murder mystery, a political drama, and a series of madcap subplots including a secret scientific discovery and a gathering of socialites at Bordeaux's Hotel Splendide. The result is a picturesque period piece full of energy, adventure, and breathtaking scenery. Dynamic performances from an all-star cast that includes Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, and Gregori Derangere complete this delightfully pert film. Forced to flee Paris as the Germans advance, a mismatched group of oddly acquainted personalities reassemble in Bordeaux. Viviane (Adjani) is a stunning film actress whose talents are used both on-screen and off. She swiftly seduces the French prime minister, Beaufort (Depardieu), on the eve of WWII--a convenient catch in wartime. However, her former flame Frederic (Derangere), who Viviane neatly framed and sent to prison for a murder she committed, is now free and is still pursuing her. Frederic's jailbreak buddy Raoul (Yvan Attal), is also in tow, with nothing but trouble up his sleeve. Meanwhile, a pretty physics student, Camille (Virginie Ledoyen) tempts the hearts of both ex-cons, while protecting her professor and their scientific discovery, which must not fall into German hands. Waiting on the wings is the suspicious journalist Winckler (Peter Coyote), whose sneaky demeanor is only matched by Thierry (Nicolas Vaude), the revenge-crazed nephew of the man Viviane murdered. [More]

Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal

Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Gregori Derangere, Jean-Marc Stehle, Peter Coyote, Aurore Clement, Xavier de Guillebon, Edith Scob, Michel Vuillermoz, Nicolas Pignon, Nicolas Vaude

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Screenwriter: Patrick Modiano, Jerome Tonnerre
Producer: Michele Petin, Laurent Petin
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/15/04
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Handsomely staged, ingeniously plotted and played with evident enjoyment, this is mainstream arthouse at its most entertaining.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/14/04
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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It's a rollicking adventure yarn with a stellar cast and an engaging Hitchcockian flavour.

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05/11/04
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC
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The bustling structure keeps us gripped, even though there's too much going on.

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02/13/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Although visually appealing, the movie is too cavalier and shallow for its more weighty subject matter.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
05/04/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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10/18/08
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Urban Cinefile

Are you ready for a World War II, romantic, murder-in-Act-One, escape-from-the-Nazis, French farce?

Full Review Source: New York Theatre Wire | comment Comment
07/03/05
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
New York Theatre Wire

This is one nutty, but enjoyable movie.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
02/06/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Bon Voyage has much to commend it - but by the time it is over, you will be more likely to bid it a relieved 'adieu' than a dewy-eyed 'au revoir'.

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
01/15/05
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

A nonstop, peripatetic, neo Hitchcockian farce...captures the chaos of a government in ruin.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
09/26/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

...grand, intelligent, confident and adult -- which is just another way of saying that it is very French, in all the best ways.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
08/25/04
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No more than a shallow, style-mad entertainment, but it never flags or loses its balance, and, despite the theatricality of the staging and the acting, it's precisely the materiality of the cinema ... that makes us devour it with pleasure.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
08/01/04
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker

If blockbusters leave you cold, then this is one trip well worth taking.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
07/16/04
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Adjani has suddenly hit her stride; you can hope - and I do - that a great career is being born at last in this arresting actress.

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06/22/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

This is no heavy drama about the Nazi occupation of France, but a witty story about a group of people making do under those circumstances.

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06/09/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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06/07/04
Sunday Times (Australia)
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A film with a lot of energy -- more energy than substance, in fact. An average trip for hardcore foreign film aficionados.

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05/31/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Never quite worked even as a fluff film meant only for escapist entertainment.

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05/29/04
Dennis Schwartz
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05/28/04
Susan Granger
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