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Merci Dr Rey!
(2002)
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Elisabeth Beaumont
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Pénélope
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Stanislas Merhar | ... |
Thomas Beaumont
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Bulle Ogier | ... |
Claude Sabrié
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Karim Saleh | ... |
Murderer
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Didier Flamand | ... |
Detective
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Taxi Driver
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Nathalie Richard | ... |
Radio Interviewer
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Dan Herzberg | ... |
Rollerboy
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| Jerry Hall | ... |
Sybil
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| Simon Callow | ... |
Bob
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Herself
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TV Interviewer
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Canaan Marguerite | ... |
Gigolo #1
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Olivier Augrond | ... |
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A hot young phone sex addict and his narcissistic opera diva mom. A dangerously agitated hustler and a half-dozen dangerously agitated hustlers who look just like him. A tittering neurotic who thinks she's Vanessa Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave herself. Pot brownies, puke jokes, a gay dad, a flying lesbian, Jerry Hall, a dead body and a fetish for Brian DePalma movies! Anchoring the mayhem is Elisabeth Beaumont, an American opera star visiting Paris to perform "Turandot" and dabble in some belated mothering of her 23 year-old son Thomas. Thomas doesn't need mothering; he needs some good hot manhandling. And, in the best DePalma tradition, the quest for sex leads to voyeurism and voyeurism, leads to murder. From there, it's just a short path to therapy. Unfortunately, the psychiatrist that Thomas visits is a little on the dead side herself, and a nutty patient has taken her place. Written by a fan from miami
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Rated R for language including sexual references, and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
3 December 2003 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Merci Dr Rey! See more »Box Office
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$512 (USA) (29 October 2004)Gross:
$19,590 (USA) (29 October 2004)Company Credits
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Written by Henri Salvador
published by PETER MAURICE MUSIC CO LTD.
master recording supplied by MUSIC BY DESIGN
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"Cha Cha Cha d'amour"Written by Henri Salvador
published by PETER MAURICE MUSIC CO LTD.
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With a cast this good--and diverse--and a director who may not know how (or care) to produce standard comedy effects but clearly understands how to give good performers their best chance, MERCI DOCTEUR REY will probably become one of those movies that 10 per cent of us call classic and the other 90 loathe. Count me among the 10.
A low-key paean to the delights of narcissism and diva-dom and a clever rap on the knuckles of sloppy psychotherapy, "Merci" brings together Dianne Wiest as an opera-star mom, her adorable son (Stanislas Merhar of "Dry Cleaning" fame), Jane Birkin as the titular shrink's patient, Bulle Ogier as an opera director, Simon Callow as "the man" and a great cameo from Vanessa Redgrave. (Even Jerry Hall seems at home in this illustrious company!) Writer/director Andrew Litvak has assembled a screw-ball comedy where the chuckles start small; if you're still there by film's ends (it has around four of them, but since three are hilarious, you won't mind), you may be sporting a grin as wide as your face.
The biggest gem among these actor jewels is Jane Birkin. Is there another performer who can use her gawky, horsey charm to such wonderful effect? Don't think so. The "wallflower" scene alone is worth a world of lesser movies. Merchant/Ivory-produced, the film didn't even make it into specialized release (though it appears to have been popular at certain film festivals). Thank god for DVDs!