Les bronzés 3: amis pour la vie (2006)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Patrice Leconte

Writers:

Josiane Balasko (writer)
Michel Blanc (writer)

Release Date:

1 February 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Male Thong Swimwear | F Cup | Hotel | Prune | Sequel To Cult Comedy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

George Aguilar	...	L'infirmier spa
Josiane Balasko	...	Nathalie Morin
Karine Belly	...	Maman fillette bateau
Elio Beretta	...	L'aide cuisinier
Michel Blanc	...	Jean-Claude Dus / 'Jessie la Mèche'
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Gisèle 'Gigi' André
Beppe Chierici	...	Giuseppe, le capitaine (as Beppe Clerici)
Christian Clavier	...	Jérôme Tarayre
Ahmed Guedayia	...	Le groom muet
Arthur Jugnot	...	Benjamin Morin
Gérard Jugnot	...	Bernard Morin
Genti Kame	...	Le vigile hôtel
Doris Kunstmann	...	Mme Franken
Martin Lamotte	...	Augustin "Miguel" Weissmuller
Micaela Lanza	...	L'infirmière
Dominique Lavanant	...	Christiane Weissmuller
Laurent Letord	...	L'"erreur de fiancé"
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Robert "Popeye" Lespinasse
Serena Minaldi Reinaldi	...	L'esthéticienne spa (as Serena Reinaldi)
Bruno Moynot	...	Jambier
Caterina Murino	...	Elena
Ornella Muti	...	Graziella Sparaggi Lespinasse
François Nadin	...	Chauffeur navette
Eric Naggar	...	M. Guy
Victoria Obermayer	...	La fille dans la voiture
Coline Perruchon	...	La chanteuse
Étienne Perruchon	...	Le pianiste
Marc Rioufol	...	Le golfeur
Rinaldo Rocco	...	Le fiancé italien
Franco Trevisi	...	Professeur Cavani
Julia Truffaut	...	La réceptionniste
Luca Vellani	...	Le serveur dîner

Also Known As:

Friends Forever (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

France:97 min

Country:

France

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Hotel Cala di Volpe, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Les Films Christian Fechner

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #112631.

Movie Connections:

Follows Les bronzés (1978)

Soundtrack:

Baila Morena

Way too different from the originals

This comment does not contain spoilers.

So, 3rd installment of the holidays of the "Bronzés" (the "sun tanned" in French). Boy, am I glad I did not buy the DVD. And do I feel sorry for the friend who did.

Anyway, 27 years after the previous 2 movies (Les Bronzés, 1978, tt0077276 on IMDb and Les Bronzés font du ski, 1979, tt0078907 on IMDb, both excellent comedies), the characters all get back together again. They are the same, played by the same actors. The comedy, unfortunately, is not the same.

The first 2 movies relied on well too known situations to anyone in France (or in Europe) going on holiday. If you have been on holiday skiing or to the seaside, you have LIVED what the previous 2 movies depicted. They both were very, very good at pointing all these defects we have, all these little things that can go wrong, all these little stupid reactions you have because you just can't help it. And they felt so true. The characters were mean, greedy, selfish, jealous, stupid, you name it. But somehow, they were endearing, you felt like you knew them, because you had gone through the same. Everything felt so familiar.

All this is exactly what all of us, who had seen the first 2 and were waiting for the 3rd one, were expecting.

And all this, is precisely what this 3rd movie is not. This movie has nothing to do with you, nothing to do with me, nothing to do with your holidays and how they can look or feel like. This movie mostly relies on obvious, exaggerated jokes. If you see some mildly comic effect at the beginning, you know it will be repeated over and over beyond the limits of your patience. You might come to identify with some of the characters: when they don't want to hear about one of their "friend's" problem, you will think, just like them, "just leave us alone and shut up, I don't want to hear about it anymore!!!"

About half way through it (well I was hoping a good 90 minutes had passed already and that the end was near, but my watch, the traitor, told me there was still quite a lot to bear), after so much screaming and so much of the same over and over again, I just wished it would finish QUICK !!!

Don't waste your time nor your good memories of the old films. No, seriously. Don't.