To help you make your choices, here are the 3 best rated films of the week by the press and viewers on DashFUN! *
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO THE PRESS:
1st: Drive My Car – 4.6 / 5
“Around mourning, true speech, listening and artistic creation, Drive My Car by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi brings forth moments of cinema of absolute grace. A marvel of film.” by Anne-Claire Cieutat (Bande à part)
“A film which indirectly resonates with the intimate experience of each one and which risks shining for a long time in the dark night of our capsized unconscious.” by Thierry Jousse (Les Inrockuptibles)
2nd: The Chessboard of the Wind – 4.4 / 5
“A great staging film, refined like a Persian illumination – an aesthetic that could be compared to Paradjanov’s cinema – the Chessboard of the Wind is a jewel whose carving is matched only by the darkness. twisted through it. ” by Nathalie Dray (Liberation)
“The impressive symmetry of the frames, the majestic artistic direction serve a game of diabolical massacre, portrait of the decay of a bourgeoisie which has only the appearance of elegance.” by Loris Hantzis (The Seventh Obsession)
3rd: Bac Nord – 3.5 / 5
“Nervous, testosterone, funny, the feature film spins at a breathtaking pace in a Marseille as seductive as it is worrying. Until it turns into drama … Around a trio of ultra-charismatic actors, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Kenza Fortas are great. ” by La Rédaction (Le Parisien)
“A terribly effective urban western, between the old-fashioned thrillers of William Friedkin and the daily immersion in the Gears style. With a trio of talented actors giving flesh to borderline characters, and great moments of spectacular cinema as we do. sees little in France. ” by Stéphane Joby (Le Journal du Dimanche)
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO SPECTATORS:
1st: Bac Nord – 4.2 / 5
“A punchy film. It moves and goes fast: the production is spectacular – which for a French film is quite rare – and the actors play very well.” (Pldu75)
“Violent and punchy! We are in it from start to finish! I highly recommend it! Very good French cinema as we should see more often!” (Marc L)
2nd: Drive My Car – 3.9 / 5
“A pure masterpiece where the stages of various theaters form a subtle weaving with reality and the life of the characters.” (Michèle G)
“A very large film full of emotions that resonate in all of us. A film that feels good. The 3 hours seem short.” (Jean-Pierre B)
3rd: Baby Boss 2: a family affair – 3.0 / 5
“The Boss Baby: Family Business offers his big brother a successful sequel: if he suffers from a laborious set-up served by rather flat adult characters, he subsequently tends to regain the dynamism and sweet madness that characterize the original shutter. ” (Let’s celebrate the cinema)
“This second part of the adventures of the Templeton offspring is once again pleasantly followed because here the two brothers react with thoughts of adults but in the bodies of babies!” (Vinz1)
* According to the notes of the DashFUN barometer, as of Friday August 20, 2021, for films released on August 18 with at least 10 reviews for the top press and 50 ratings for the top viewers. These two tops do not include films already released one or more times in France.
