Waste of time

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Sitcom is the story of a bourgeois French family whose life is seriously affected when the father (François Marthouret)brings home a new pet: a white lab rat. This animal will prove having an almost hypnotic influence over the family members, causing each of them to release their darkest sides at the slightest physical contact with it. The first to fall is the son (Adrien de Van), who admits himself homosexual at a family dinner. He will be followed short after that by the maid's husband, Abdu (Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido) Then, it's the turn of the daughter (Sophie, played by Marina de Van): she tries to kill herself but fails and becomes paraplegic. From that on, she will subject his loving boyfriend (Stéphane Rideau)to sadomasochistic practices, taking advantage of his devotion to humiliate him. When the mother (Evelyne Dandry) can't stand her world falling apart, she finally overcomes her fear towards the rat and falls under its spell, causing a desperate attempt to "cure" her son from homosexuality. Having said all this, where is the father? Well, let's say he's guilty from bringing the rat to the house. There's a connection between both, rodent and family chief, two sides of the same problem... one the metaphor of the other, perhaps. From rather absurd premises, director and writer François Ozon creates a short, overwhelming comedy —which might not be that subtle but doesn't intend to be either— about family miseries, undressed by the detonating presence of a little, white excuse.

Has anyone ever noticed that practically ALL movies on IMDB get rated either 6 or 7 out of 10? Anyway, "Sitcom" is a pitch black anarchist comedy, and I am glad that it has been received quite positively on IMDB. Having said that, it is also not the most accomplished of movies -- the trailer is excellent, the film itself falls off a bit. The directing, plot and camerawork were all a bit unaccomplished (I would have expected better of a director who has already done 13 movies), and some of the acting was a bit rough ... however, I must express my respect for the actress playing the mother part, she is excellent and it must have taken her quite a bit of courage to take on that role.

This film is entirely without merit and one wonders at the mentality of the director. It is a crude and tasteless attempt to parody something, although what that is never becomes clear. Does it work as a metaphor? Not for anything of any benefit to anyone. The characters are so unattractive and unpleasant that any point ( if there is one) is lost because no-one could care less. I watched this film on Sky udirect and if they had a money back guarantee I'd be £2.99 better off. Don't waste your time on this garbage.

This film is, above all else, a farce. As a farce it works very well and is, in many parts, extremely funny. A regular in Ozon's films, Lucia Sanchez, is excellent as the Spanish maid, and the mother is played to utter perfection by Evelyn Dandry. She is able to portray the utter frustration of any woman with teenage children. Ozon doesn't really cut new ground with this film, with its theme of the disruption of French bourgeois family life, but I don't think that he intends to. The film is funny on its own terms. The notion of Ozon being 'naughty' shines through. Of course, the utter beauty of Stephane Rideau makes the whole thing worthwhile by itself.