1st watched 6/14/2009 – 6 out of 10 (Dir- Benoit Delpine & Gustave Kervern): Quirky little road movie comedy about an unlikely pair who definitely don't like each other at the beginning of the movie but then get injured in a tractor while fighting each other and are forced into a similar situation. They are both crippled and no longer have much of a life to live so they take to the road and just happen to hook-up together for the journey. They each have a separate destination but somehow they are dragged along together many times just because they are both crippled and people mistake them as friends. The movie has very little dialogue and it's humor really comes out of the situations they are put in and what they do in those situations. The humor is definitely dark, for example ---- one big laugh comes when one of them steals an elderly persons' electric wheelchair(it's funny because we know they are just trying to survive any way they can and they aren't used to this). There is no music background in the movie so you pay attention to every sound and every camera movement which is very compelling and very un-Hollywood like. The slow moving story is OK, because the characters keep our attention and we pay attention to everything because of they way the movie is made. One character is a motocross enthusiast so we trek to some of their races and the other character doesn't appear to care much for anything until we find out what he cares about at the very end. I won't spoil the ending but it has to do with the manufacturer's of the tractor that caused the injury. The ironic ending is a brilliant bookend to a very unique and slow-moving comedy. The quiet movie will keep your attention and give you a few laughs so it's definitely a worthwhile view if you get the chance at seeing this French piece of cinema.
