Well best friend forever ... but there is another f there ... ah yes I got it: Best french friend forever ... this being a french movie ... it works ... I kid, I kid (sort of), so no pun intended. The movie begins with people protesting and one individual in particular not being too amused by them blocking the way to what he needed to get (where is Arnold when you need him ... if you've seen the movie I am referencing you'll understand, but it doesn't really matter).
But this is almost a side note: yes this is against commercialism and against whatever banks and other institutions do to us as a society. But it also is a bit too silly for its own good. When our main characters get into a building (under false pretenses), the way the other interact with them ... and how easily they are being fooled. .. it just hurts watching it ... way over the top.
Suspend your disbelief and go with the flow if possible ... and believe into the message ... maybe.
A Difficult Year
2023 [FRENCH]
Action / Comedy
50%
TOMATOMETER
· 8 reviews
70%
AUDIENCE
6.0/10
2.7K
Plot summary
Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green activists. Lured by the free beer and snacks rather than by the ideals of eco-activists, Albert and Bruno find themselves joining the movement without much conviction.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
March 07, 2024 at 02:30 PM
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BF(f)F
Feels like a script draft, not fleshed out
Interesting premise - combine eco-activism with a debt situation, since both are due to overconsumption.
Two guys without jobs and in debt find their selves while bluffing their way into eco activist group. There is a girl that both of them are interested in. She maybe later becomes interested back. There is a crisis, and a redemption, and a shock. Cliches so far, not a problem in itself...
But it feels like move added no additional depth to this, barely a summary, that I've written. That screenwriters went from this, to final product, too fast. Why did they end up debt, why the romantic theme?
We don't learn not much about global eco or economical situation. We do see that they are all just people and it seems that their cause is futile, since no impact is ever shown. Support groups for people in debt are shown so I became aware that they exist, nice.
Handheld cam, fast cuts, annoying overhyping music don't help the movie. Some jokes are funny, many of them just too basic or repetitive. The two main heroes are not particulary interesting. Half an hour too long.
Great opening, though!