msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (07/03/85)
I think it should be obvious to all by now that a review by "Kelvin Thompson"* beginning "This is a bad movie" means that this is a movie worth seeing. And so it is with MY NEW PARTNER**. The movie is a comedy-drama about an honestly corrupt police detective in Paris -- a sort of 1980's edition of Louis from CASABLANCA -- and his new partner who is, of course, honestly honest. That's all you need to know. If the premise puts you off, as one or two people have said, then don't go. Also, it's in French with subtitles; if that puts you off, then don't go. For those who don't fall in one of these classes, it's simply a nice, warm, funny little story. I give it a rating of $7 (Canadian). Mark Brader *Could even the name be false? Remember, before Lord Kelvin (the physicist) was a Lord, his name was Thomson... no p, but still, it seems suspicious. **The real title is LES RIPOUX, which is a play on POURRI, and is translated in subtitles as "ruptcor". I think the decision to retitle in English was good.
dll@usl.UUCP (David Landskov) (07/09/85)
I second the motion: My New Partner is funny. Sort of a French THE STING.
It should appeal to a much wider audience than the average French movie.
The production does not have the usual French intellectual aspirations.
It does have an American sense of movie-as-escape and a very affectionate
view of its all-too-human characters. I give it 3.5/4.
The subtitles are well done, and there is enough time to read them,
so a non-French speaker can follow the dialogue without distraction.
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David Landskov
University of Lowell, Lowell MA
Currently at {ut-sally, akgua}!usl!dll
But whatever happened to stories in the movies?