When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

for understand the life as large collection of nuances.for discover a kind of mirror for human types. for a kind of lovely crumbs from Charlot universe. for its humor and for the beggar. for the coffee cups and for the temptations of honorable man. for the reflection of small pieces who defines each day for each of us. for poetry of details. and, sure, for the great job. it is something unique in its case. the mixture of humanity and appearances, the characters gestures as ours. and the music. an useful film. that is all. interesting, touching in special manner, delicate and precise. an old fashion film. French in spirit, universal in seductive soft beauty.

I liked a lot this short: While the story could be seem as something way too simple, it was still very enjoyable to watch anyway, mostly because of the great visual quality that this little animation had, with very stylish designs which are very pleasant to see and a high level of detail in the sceneries and textures."French Roast" also has an interesting message of how people could not everything is what it seems at first sight, and how help could came from the most unexpected people. The result, without being a masterpiece, is certainly more than worth-watching, due the clever execution of the plot, and more than anything, because of the nice animation.

At only eight minutes in length, this seemed overly long by half, and repetitious, but it ends on a somewhat pleasant, if hackneyed, note.A conservative man who apparently cannot admit he forgot his wallet at home tries to save face by ordering one coffee after another as a hunchbacked waiter and various other eccentrics come and go at the cafe.An annoying sort of elderly Jesus figure traipses in and out and you wonder who he is and finally you see that he's a benefactor who shows up just in the nick of time to help the mortified espresso drinker out of his jam.The best part of the film is the very French vocal track that jauntily accompanies the final credits.

This is the third straight year that I have gone to the local theater to view the Oscar-nominated animated shorts. And, like the past two years, I am going to make my predictions about the winner in this category. I would say, however, my record isn't great when it comes to the animated films--I seem to be better at picking the live action shorts instead. However, I don't think I'm stepping out on a limb at all to say that it's highly unlikely FRENCH ROAST will take the top prize. This isn't to say that it's a bad film--it isn't bad at all and I definitely enjoyed it. It's just that there were a few that really stood out much more and seemed to be THE films to beat--in particular, THE LADY AND THE REAPER and LOGORAMA.I seemed to enjoy this film more than my daughter (who I took with me to see them). She said it was "easy to forget" but I appreciated much of it. The CG animation was very nice as was the character design.As for the story, though slight, it made me laugh and was enjoyable from start to finish. It starts by showing a very dirty hobo walking the streets with a cloud of bugs following him. Inside the nearby café, a snooty looking guy pretends not to see the man when he then enters the café to beg for money. What happens next is pretty funny and I won't say any more--it would spoil the film.Well worth seeing and very well made.