The Worst Film Ever

People are voting emotionally.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Mr. Pujol comes back into his factory after a medical leave for a heart attack and sees his wife. He tells her that she can leave so he can take over. Little be known to him, Mrs. Pujol reveals that she is now in control of the company and that he can go home. This is one of the main turning points of the film Potiche by Francois Ozon. Potiche means trophy housewife and Mrs. Pujol was one up until this point in the movie. Now she's making her husband be a trophy husband. Suzanne was not allowed to have a job or even work around the house. She was to have hobbies and cater to her husband. This movie is about Suzanne becoming a powerful woman independent of her husband. The movie starts out showing us how much Suzanne is in control by her husband. She refuses to admit that she is a trophy wife, even when her daughter tells her she is. When Mr. Pujols factory workers go on strike and is attacked, Suzanne has to take control of the factory. She takes this as her opportunity to take control of the company and be more than a trophy wife. The workers love all of her changes until her husband manipulates an unsigned contract to turn everyone against her. By the end though, Suzanne has more power than her husband does, even without the company.At the end of the movie Suzanne Pujol is giving a speech to a big crowd gathered. By the end, Suzanne has gained the vote of her husband's secretary, all of her kids, and almost everyone else. Although she lost control of the factory to her husband, she ends up with more power and more people on her side. When Suzanne is giving the speech, all eyes on her and she even refers to opening an umbrella in the speech. This is referring to her husband's umbrella factory. When the speech is over, she belts into song. The spotlight is on her through the whole song and ends in a shot focused on her as well. This shows how much Suzanne has changed and has become more than just a trophy housewife. She has shown everybody that she can be powerful and more than they had expected from her.I would recommend this movie to anyone. It is more of an adult movie because there are some sexual references and some difficult topics that a child would not grasp. I really like this movie because it starts out showing the general expectation of women, and ends with Suzanne becoming the complete opposite. This is definitely a feminist film. I also like how Suzanne not only gains power over her husband, but also over the Mayor who was her ex-lover. Suzanne takes the factory from her husband, and eventually the title of Mayor from the past Mayor. She shows that she does not need a man to succeed in life and I really like that.

Potiche is a delightful French comedy from Francois Ozon (director of Simming Pool) starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. There is gentle humour but with the style and lightness of touch that one would expect from our European cousins across La Manche. Deneuve and Depardieu are highly watchable, and well supported by the rest of the cast, but it is very much support with Catherine and Gerard at the centre of attention. The plot meanders somewhat, but this need not be a bad thing as it allows some breathing space to take in the beautiful production design that puts the film firmly in mid 1970's France. I cannot help thinking of a comparison with Carry On At Your Convenience as a double bill that would highlight the differences between British and French humour, not to mention culture. That is obviously unfair, since Carry On... was a product of the actual 70's, rather than a film made in 2010 and looking back, but if nothing else Potiche should be taken as a recommendation to go and seek out French comedies of all ages.

While the movie has been used for the orange ads (in the UK, they took the trailer I think and put English subtitles that make it look like an ad), it is far more than that. Then again it might be less than you expect, considering the director. But it is a very "normal" movie for Ozon, so don't expect anything to crazy.Still the story is good, the actors are very good and it is a good comedy overall. The title does get explained in the movie too. And our lead actress might need a push, but you will see that she is anything but a potiche. And I guess the theme of strong women is something that you can always expect from Ozon (so there is something to recognize him by).

Catherine Deneuve at 68 is what Oscar Wilde called "That horror of horrors, a Handsome Woman..." Well, life is hard and time pitiless. We can say that she looks alright "considering her age", but when you look at pictures of her gorgeous 20 years...,, and not to mention her partner in this movie, Gerard Depardieu... Mon Dieu! he's really in bad shape!!! worse even that Jack Nicholson and that is saying a lot!!! He wears an open jacket (I think he gave up trying to button up because his stomach is enormous) and it's almost embarrassing to watch both of them in the night club scene, dancing "modern", I almost avoided looking at the screen. Pitiful. He's totally miscast. Deneuve, being better "preserved", is still fun to look at. Excellent actress and a very good movie. Funny in a very french way --it seems that the french can produce these incredibly light movies with as much ease as they make those heavenly Crêpe Suzettes. And as tasty. A very good entertainment done in very nice colors and at the perfect pacing for such a light comedy. Fun to watch!