Very well executed

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Sweet, human, funny and touching, this portrait of 5 key moments in a families life may not dive as deep as some films into the complexity of 'family', but makes up for it by reminding us that families – for all their flaws and pettiness and hurts – are also wonderful and important and, if we're lucky, full of love. Remi Bezancon manages to make this argument without falling into too much sappiness. The acting is generally excellent, and the film has a knack for catching all those small details in our lives that eventually add up to larger, more important ones. Not a masterpiece, but a lovely and very heartfelt and enjoyable film.

Realistic, funny, honest, gritty with fantastic music! What more could you ask for? I wish I could find the soundtrack for this as each song fits each moment perfectly (whichever emotion it is trying to portray). I found myself caught between laughing & (almost) crying throughout the entire film. I am sure each person can relate to something in at least one of the characters... the angsty rebellious teenager, the hopeless romantic, the 'drop out', the couple who has fallen out of love and the doctor who is stuck in a job he doesn't love and a relationship he is not happy in.The acting in this movie is simply fantastic.It is structured around five key moments in a family's life and is such a fun, inspiring movie which plays with all of the different relationships between father & son, mother & daughter and of course, husband & wife. It may sound intense or grim, but in fact I found this film to be (along with some intense moments of course), full of light and fluffy feel-good moments too.You will see each character's different perspective on life and how they grow, which makes interesting watching. From the start to the end, I just loved it.Don't be put off by the subtitles - you don't need to understand French to understand this wonderful movie!

Yes, and I thought to what I wrote ! When I saw this film, it was the first time that all of the characters made me share their emotions and laughs. Amazing !A very nice film, treated well.I particularly love the way of filming. It's also the first time I saw such a devotion to one film. Really interesting. The audio fits perfectly with the film.The problem, as you surely know it, is "the family". Every character is perfect in his or her role, and no one can doubt about that !Three words : buy and see !

What attracted me to this one was the billing. Jacques Gamblin who I have yet to see give a bad or even mediocre performance plus Zabout Breitman who directed one of the finest French films of the last few years, Se Souvenirs des belles choses, and is an equally fine actress plus Deborah Francois, the very promising newcomer who scored heavily as the Page-Turner a couple of years ago. There's not that much to it; we're privy to the highs and lows of a family over a period of several years; they laugh, they cry, they fight, there are crises to be dealt with and they are; The penultimate scene is just Zabou sitting silently and I can still see it forty eight hours later. Not, of course, for everyone but then what is.