What ultimately separates Les beaux gosses from the plethora of similar Hollywood coming-of-age stories is the fragile balance it strikes between slapstick and sincerity, and Hervé’s very authentic, almost saint-like love for his mother and best friend, despite their constant faux pas. In fact, Le beaux gosses covers the same thematic ground – bully-magnet underdog high schooler conquers love with the help of quirky friends and family – as the cult-classic Napoleon Dynamite did six years ago, but does it much, much better.
LES BEAUX GOSSES (JUNGS BLEIBEN JUNGS) | Directed by Riad Sattouf (France 2010) with Vincent Lacoste, Noémie Lvovsky, Anthony Sonigo. Opens in Berlin cinemas on July 1.
June 30, 2010 10:50 AM
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