How would anyone react knowing that someone considered to be a good friend, has disparaging things to say about him? Betrayed, comes to mind, to put it mildly. Something like this is what happens to Jean- Claude and Mathilde, who are to be the guests of their good friends, Max and Lucie at their beautiful modernistic home in an idyllic setting in the country. Jean-Claude and Mathilde happen to hear a conversation from their hosts on their cell phone, unwillingly, in which long kept feelings about the visitors are expressed openly, to the total amazement of their friends, who are just sitting ducks listening to what the other party really think about them. What to do? Go on pretending as though nothing happened, or, get back at Max and Lucie in their own way? A plan for revenge is the only solution.
Mathilde is fuming! While the more philosophical Jean-Claude just goes along with the revenge she wants to play just as soon as they reach their so-called friends' house. To make it even worse, their hosts have even offended their chubby young son, Cesar, which is going down too low. As they arrive, Mathilde begins her plan to derail the week-end at Max and Lucie's by finding fault with everything her friend proudly shows for her to admire. Spilling red wine on the white sofa is enough to send Lucie mad with rage.
Julien Rambaldi, the director of this acerbic French comedy, co-wrote the screenplay with Guy Laurent, based on an idea by Caroline Greep. The result is a funny comedy in which the possibility of learning a well kept secret opinion of dear people can derail a friendship forever, something that is not too far fetched in real life, but in here, it sets the premise for a lot of laughs when the visiting guests learn they are not really well regarded, much less welcomed in their home.
Marc Lavoine and Pascal Arbillot appear as Max and Lucie. Pierre- Francois Martin-Laval and Lea Druker play the visitors. Both couples are well matched in the situations they were asked to do. Even though that getting even is the object, the nastiness is fun to watch. There are some funny moments in which a new toilet-bidet combination plays tricks on the unsuspecting visitors.
Mathilde is fuming! While the more philosophical Jean-Claude just goes along with the revenge she wants to play just as soon as they reach their so-called friends' house. To make it even worse, their hosts have even offended their chubby young son, Cesar, which is going down too low. As they arrive, Mathilde begins her plan to derail the week-end at Max and Lucie's by finding fault with everything her friend proudly shows for her to admire. Spilling red wine on the white sofa is enough to send Lucie mad with rage.
Julien Rambaldi, the director of this acerbic French comedy, co-wrote the screenplay with Guy Laurent, based on an idea by Caroline Greep. The result is a funny comedy in which the possibility of learning a well kept secret opinion of dear people can derail a friendship forever, something that is not too far fetched in real life, but in here, it sets the premise for a lot of laughs when the visiting guests learn they are not really well regarded, much less welcomed in their home.
Marc Lavoine and Pascal Arbillot appear as Max and Lucie. Pierre- Francois Martin-Laval and Lea Druker play the visitors. Both couples are well matched in the situations they were asked to do. Even though that getting even is the object, the nastiness is fun to watch. There are some funny moments in which a new toilet-bidet combination plays tricks on the unsuspecting visitors.
