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Tip Top

  • 2013
  • Unrated
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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Tip Top (2013)
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ComedyCrimeThriller

After an Algerian informant is murdered, two female investigators are sent to investigate.After an Algerian informant is murdered, two female investigators are sent to investigate.After an Algerian informant is murdered, two female investigators are sent to investigate.

  • Director
    • Serge Bozon
  • Writers
    • Axelle Ropert
    • Serge Bozon
    • Odile Barski
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Huppert
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • François Damiens
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    674
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Serge Bozon
    • Writers
      • Axelle Ropert
      • Serge Bozon
      • Odile Barski
    • Stars
      • Isabelle Huppert
      • Sandrine Kiberlain
      • François Damiens
    • 1User review
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Esther Lafarge
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Sally Marinelli
    François Damiens
    François Damiens
    • Robert Mendès
    Karole Rocher
    Karole Rocher
    • Virginie Benamar
    Aymen Saïdi
    Aymen Saïdi
    • Younès
    Saïda Bekkouche
    • Rachida Belkacem
    Elie Lison
    Elie Lison
    • Rozynski
    Allain Naron
    • Bontemps
    François Négret
    François Négret
    • Nadal
    Youssef Tiberkanine
    • Aurélien
    Samy Naceri
    Samy Naceri
    • Gérald
    Brahim Waabach
    • Ahmed
    Patrick Pais
    • Patrick Pais
    Jean-Marc Hermance
    • Jean Marconi
    Norbert Rutili
    • Le guide
    Mohamed Zahir
    • Le contrôleur général
    Jacky Druaux
    Jacky Druaux
    • Le contact zozotant
    Valérie Bodson
    • La dame au chien
    • Director
      • Serge Bozon
    • Writers
      • Axelle Ropert(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Serge Bozon(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Odile Barski
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    Comedy is not pretty
    Yes, Steve Martin is correct, and especially so when the folks try way too hard. Sure it is appealing, on paper at least, to watch such talented actresses as Huppert and Kiberlain do physical comedy shtick and exaggerated takes, but this sloppy mixture of police procedural, slapstick and social "awareness" (with its heavy emphasis on the always timely France/Algeria connection theme and ethnic diaspora in France) is awful.

    Main subtext for laughs is exploiting the funny aspect of kinky sex, which director Serge Bozon uses as a crutch for laughs much the same way a desperate (though immensely more successful) auteur like Mel Brooks resorts to fart jokes and other bathroom humor in a pinch. The sight gag of Isabelle Huppert loving the blood dripping from her injured nose on onto her tongue is milked (it would have been funny if just done once) and the whole BDSM material is thoroughly incompetent. I would have been amused had the great Bulle Ogier, who in the golden age of the '70s competed with Huppert for juicy screen roles, been cast instead, given her landmark work in Barbet Schroeder's "Maitresse".

    So I write this loser off as merely a Gallic entry in the burgeoning genre I call the Cinema of Facetiousness - a tongue-in-cheek approach to the medium that has given us thousands of terrible films by untalented (though lauded, don't ask me why) practitioners ranging from Tarantino to the Coens. My theory is that the distancing effect of making fun of everything, including one's own work, is a crutch that incompetents rely upon to shield themselves from criticism -you know, "I was only kidding" as the constant copout. So Quentin and his legion of idiots will never be taken seriously or suffer the serious analysis & critique afforded the Cinema giants on the order of Renoir, Clair, Bergman, Antonioni, Satyajit Ray and Mizoguchi.
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    • Release date
      • September 11, 2013 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Luxembourg
      • Belgium
    • Official site
      • Rezo Films (France)
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Тип Топ
    • Filming locations
      • Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Pelléas
      • Iris Productions
      • Iris Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,050
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,201
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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