SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a meek accountant in a condom factory. He is divorced with a teen son who looks down on him. He is about to be downsized when his pushy neighbor suggests starting a false rumor of his homosexuality by spreading an explicit photo. Management is afraid to fire him. Homophobic co-worker Félix Santini (Gérard Depardieu) is forced to be friendly. Others see him in a different light. Before they saw him as dull but now he's exotic and interesting.The idea is similar to "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry". It's slightly better positioned. Daniel Auteuil is fractionally better but his meekness generates its own annoyance. It tries to dig at the social issue. I'm not sure I want to laugh at any of it. Some of the changes from the characters after the lie seem questionable. It's definitely better than the childish Adam Sandler movie but I don't find this that funny.

This movie had some funny moments but I just couldn't get over how incredibly OFFENSIVE it is.Basically a man is going to lose his job so in order to keep it, he pretend to be gay b/c apparently he won't get fired if he's gay b/c people will feel like if they fire him, it will look like it's because he's gay and to sell it, he acts stereotypically gay meaning as flamboyant as possible. There are also a bunch of characters that look down on him for being gay in a joking manner only it's never funny.Hmmm... what if instead of gay, we used black instead. Would that be funny or would this movie now magically be deemed racist. Hmm. a man is about to lose his job so he decides to pull the race card and pretend that he's 1/2 black or something and then in order to pull it off, 'acts black' to seal the deal. Heck, we could have a black man pretend to be his Father and of course this would save his job b/c a minority can't be fired! It will look like he's being fired for being a minority! Throw in racial slurs because he has to overcome adversity just like in the real movie, the fake gay character was met with gay jokes and gay offensive slurs...and we have a movie! I wonder how that would go over yet this movie seems to be a hit. Interesting...

This movie is everything that a light-hearted slice-of-life comedy should be. Auteiul and Depardieu turn in a respectable performances, but it's really the writing and directing that make this a class-one side-splitter. Granted, the storyline is a bit weak and filled with improbabilities and inconsistencies, but the gags are so brilliant and so well carried-off that it's tough to care. I can't remember when a movie has had me hee-hawing like this. It's certainly not for homophobes, francophobes or similar fascisti, but just about everyone else will be hard pressed not to fill a full year's laugh quotient in 90 minutes of Le Placard.

So often, we think that French cinema likes to be purely artistic that it seems like they can't do comedy. Well, I've seen two French movies that made me nearly die laughing: "Les Visiteurs/The Visitors" and "Le Placard/The Closet". This one portrays a man (Daniel Auteuil) about to get fired, but he makes himself look gay so that it could come across as job discrimination. It leads to a series of unexpected consequences, natch.A lot of the movie seems like it's just an excuse to be silly. But watching the movie, one can definitely feel the European flavor: strong women, sexual humor coming in surprising places, and other such things. And of course, this flick affirms that Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu are two of the greatest actors of our time. Above all, I wish to assert that it's always great from time to time to see a movie not afraid to do anything it wants. Really funny.I swear, it seems like I've seen Gerard Depardieu in more English-speaking roles than French-speaking ones. Then again, I do live in the United States.