Barbecue is a 2014 French ensemble comedy film directed by Éric Lavaine.
| Barbecue | |
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| Directed by | Éric Lavaine |
| Written by | Éric Lavaine Héctor Cabello Reyes |
| Produced by | François Cornuau Vincent Roget Olivier Courson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | François Hernandez |
| Edited by | Vincent Zuffranieri |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $11.1 million [1] |
| Box office | $14.5 million [2] |
Cast
- Lambert Wilson as Antoine Chevalier
- Franck Dubosc as Baptiste
- Florence Foresti as Olivia
- Guillaume de Tonquédec as Yves
- Lionel Abelanski as Laurent
- Jérôme Commandeur as Jean-Mich'
- Sophie Duez as Véronique Chevalier
- Lysiane Meis as Laure
- Valérie Crouzet as Nathalie
- Lucas Lavaine as Guillaume
- Corentin Lavaine as Hugo
- Stéphane De Groodt as Alexandre
- Philippe Laudenbach as Jean Chevalier
- Julie Engelbrecht as The pretty blonde
Reception
Mike McCahill of The Guardian called Barbecue a "boringly white-bread with no cinematic ambition".[3]
While attending Beijing International Film Festival, Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter had this to say about the film: "[A] half-baked comedy-drama about a group of bourgeois friends who have to confront the pitfalls of middle age".[4]
Representing The New York Times, Nicolas Rapold called the film "[a] kind of utterly unremarkable local product", but added that "its loosely written story doubles as a smirk-inducing glimpse at what feel like very Gallic life challenges".[5]
