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French and Finnish language comedy about a French-Jewish mailman who returns to his family in Paris after a lovers' quarrel with his Finnish boyfriend. Cast:Nicolas Maury, Carmen Maura, Jean-François Stévenin, Amira Casar, Clément Sibony, Jarkko Niemi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Aurore Clément, Kari Väänänen, Outi Mäenpää, Charlie Dupont, Didier Flamand, Olavi Uusivirta, Christelle Cornil, Jean-Christophe BouvetDirector:Mikael BuchRelease Date:January 11, 2013DVD Release:June 18, 2013From:ZeitgeistLength:1 hr. 26 min.
Let My People Go! played in limited release to weak reviews. • Ella Taylor wrote for NPR, "...often feels like a parody of French farce... rushes from one shticky situation, one tired sight gag, one ethnic and sexual caricature to the next..." More Reviews Below...
Let My People Go! Positive Reviews (14 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "Candy-colored and sugarcoated... tosses gay stereotypes into a Jewish holiday, adds the bedroom-door-banging beats of French farce, then piles on the dysfunction."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 01/11/13
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "Mikael Buch threw in enough action for five movies, amped the comedy up to frenetic levels and encouraged his cast to play to the rafters.... frantically zany..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 144 words, 01/11/13
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "There are slivers of wit embedded in the broad shtick... the farce is by turns fresh and fusty.... falls short of the intended hilarity..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 01/18/13
Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR(cg) "...a dismal failure.... The movie's labored attempt at creating comedy mostly means lots of scenes with Ruben cringing as relatives shout."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 177 words, 01/11/13
Jon Frosch, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...silly and sweet... there are lots of cutesy stylistic touches, but few insights into how the protagonist's various identities (queer, Jewish, French) clash and come together."(See all of Jon Frosch's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 01/09/13
Loren King, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "The characters and situations are too broad and too predictable... a sugar-coated comedy that reaffirms more stereotypes than it upends."(See all of Loren King's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 457 words, 03/01/13
Jon Frosch, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...silly and sweet... there are lots of cutesy stylistic touches, but few insights into how the protagonist's various identities (queer, Jewish, French) clash and come together."(See all of Jon Frosch's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 01/09/13
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...sometimes funny, often strident.... Though the film alludes repeatedly to the story of 'Exodus,' it remains bound to hysterical stereotypes and hyperbolic plotting."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 157 words, 02/28/13
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "Candy-colored and sugarcoated... tosses gay stereotypes into a Jewish holiday, adds the bedroom-door-banging beats of French farce, then piles on the dysfunction."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 01/11/13
Ella Taylor, NPR: FAIR "...often feels like a parody of French farce... rushes from one shticky situation, one tired sight gag, one ethnic and sexual caricature to the next..."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 538 words, 01/10/13
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "There are slivers of wit embedded in the broad shtick... the farce is by turns fresh and fusty.... falls short of the intended hilarity..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 01/18/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Alissa Simon, Variety: MODERATE "...offers an unholy alliance of camp and farce that both celebrates and mocks gay and Jewish stereotypes.... Thesping is all over the place..."(See all of Alissa Simon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 487 words, 09/01/11
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...light, briskly paced rom-com fuses Jewish and gay culture in Finland and Paris with humorous results.... gags enliven the movie's more mundane conflicts..."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 422 words, 08/28/11
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "There are slivers of wit embedded in the broad shtick... the farce is by turns fresh and fusty.... falls short of the intended hilarity..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 01/18/13
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "Candy-colored and sugarcoated... tosses gay stereotypes into a Jewish holiday, adds the bedroom-door-banging beats of French farce, then piles on the dysfunction."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 01/11/13
18.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Let My People Go!'s reviews are separated by an average 18.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Let My People Go!'s reviews cover 16.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,497 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 321 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Let My People Go! Coverage, Volume & Length (14 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 17 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Let My People Go!'s reviews on average broke 17 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Let My People Go!'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Let My People Go! (14 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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