Mauvais esprit (2003)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Patrick Alessandrin

Writers:

Patrick Alessandrin (adaptation)
Laurent Chouchan (writer)

Release Date:

5 November 2003 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Chieur-né!

Plot:

Simon is a down-on-his luck artist who gets no breaks from any quarter. While out working as a street sketch artist...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Police | Child Nudity | Prison | Hospital

Cast

Thierry Lhermitte	...	Vincent Porel
Ophélie Winter	...	Chrystèle Porel
Maria Pacôme	...	Belle-maman
Leonor Watling	...	Leonor
Clémentine Célarié	...	Béatrice Copy
Michel Muller	...	Simon Variot
François Levantal	...	Freddy
Lise Lamétrie	...	Geneviève
Colette Casside	...	La vieille dame
Matthias Van Khache	...	Sébastien Copy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lola Casamayor	...	Lise
Tsilla Chelton	...	La dame à la boulangerie
Marie Collins	...	La fille à la poussette
Natalia Dontcheva	...	La nounou
Jorge Gago	...	Junior
Catherine Hosmalin	...	La cliente de la quincaillerie
Gabriel Ignacio	...	Le médecin
Carlos Miranda	...	Un flic
Espérance Pham Thai Lan	...	La traductrice
Jean-Louis Richard	...	Docteur Drey
Emmanuel Vieilly	...	Commissaire Novert
Jean-Marie Winling	...	Docteur Edouard

Also Known As:

Mala leche (Spain)
Mean Spirit (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:R-15 | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Consejeria de Medio Ambiente y Ordenacion del Territorio, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Les Productions du 3ème Etage

c'est pas drole du tout

'C'est pas drole du tout' - it's just not funny Mr. script-writer and Mr. director. I cannot say too much more about this French comedy.

It's not that the idea could not make for a good film. The spirit of a failed architect born under an un-lucky star reincarnates in the body of the new-born baby of the rich entrepeneur who stole his project and killed him in a car accident. The baby will do all to make the life of his father miserable.

The film is re-told by the off-screen of the mature spirit in the baby body. It's not such a bad idea, and so are the camera shots taken from the perspective of the toddler. Unfortunately, these premises and the decent acting of Thierry Lhermitte are the only good things that can be said about the film. The rest of the cast is awful, the humor is either very expected and trivial or non-existing, and the movie succeeds to end before really beginning, but yet to make us feel bored for most of its 80 minutes.