Les 11 commandements (2004)

Directors:

François Desagnat
Thomas Sorriaux

Writers:

Vincent Desagnat (writer)
Romain Lévy (writer)

Release Date:

4 February 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Humiliation | Soccer | Vomit | Video Camera | Police

Cast

Michaël Youn	...	Mike
Vincent Desagnat	...	Vincent
Benjamin Morgaine	...	Ben
William Geslin	...	Willy
Tefa	...	Tefa (as Tefa Bonnefoi)
Dieudonné	...	Le dieu de la blague
Gad Elmaleh	...	Gad
Jurij Prette	...	Yuri
Jean-Christophe Campan	...	L'arbitre
Patrick Timsit	...	Toto / Fifou
Djibril Cissé	...	Himself
Juliette Arnaud	...	Juliette
Amélie Mauresmo	...	Herself
Francia Seguy	...	Le chauffeur du dieu de la blague
Virginie Tocque	...	La prof de danse

Also Known As:

Les onze commandements (France) (alternative spelling)
The 11 Commandments (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

SAJ

Movie Connections:

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Jackass soufflé ?

When I noticed that `11 Commandments', was a huge success in France, more than bigger productions as `Les Rivieres Pourples 2' or ' Blueberry', I was really surprised.

I came to know Michael Youn in `LA BEUZE', a very strange and irregular film, somewhat funny but not superb or worth to recommend. Out of curiosity, I bought the French Special Edition DVD with the theatrical plus the uncensored version not shown in theatres.

To my surprise, after a simple start premise (GOD order a group of friends to do absurd things and make the world a funnier place), this group of people start doing the most stupid things you could imagine. Working like a hidden camera, but never showing peoples face, the movie becomes a chronicle of a bunch of stupid acts, not particularly interesting but some of them quite gross (the uncensored version goes a little further but nothing to get excited about).

Is the movie funny? In my humble opinion ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I did not see JACKASS THE MOVIE, but I believe it must be something alike (and JACKASS was a success in USA). It is a bunch of people damaging themselves (and sometimes others). It is like seeing a bunch of kids playing with everything forbidden (without parents controlling them), it could seems something liberating, and sometimes innocent bystanders reactions are really fun to watch, but in this case, is just child's play. It is as if somebody paid this people to break things. It should be a joy for them; but watching them do it have not meaning to me.

You probably have a lot better things to do than watch this movie.