![]() | This article needs a
plot summary. (December 2022) |
Waiting for Bojangles | |
---|---|
![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Régis Roinsard |
Written by |
Romain Compingt Régis Roinsard |
Based on |
Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut |
Produced by |
Olivier Delbosc Jean-Pierre Guérin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Guillaume Schiffman |
Edited by | Loïc Lallemand |
Music by | Clare Manchon Olivier Manchon |
Production companies | Curiosa Films JPG Films |
Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 124 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | $13.4 million [1] |
Box office | $4.5 million [2] |
Waiting for Bojangles ( French: En attendant Bojangles) is a 2021 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Régis Roinsard , starring Romain Duris, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois. It is an adaptation of Olivier Bourdeaut's novel of the same name.
Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave the film a score of 10/10 and called it "mesmerizing from start to finish." [3]
Ray Gill of Willamette Week rated the film 4 stars out of 4 and called it an "uneasy thrill ride full of uncertainty, as any great love story should be." [4]
Calum Marsh of The New York Times wrote that the "vision of a life of immeasurable joy and passion — one lived solely for love, without limits or qualifications — is beautiful", and while the film is in "constant jeopardy of seeming maudlin or, worse, a little corny", it is an "admirable problem". [5]
Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2 stars out of 4 and wrote that despite "charismatic" and "committed" performances from Duris and Efira, the film spends "much" of its "overlong" running time depicting mental illness as an "adorable personality quirk, a source of good-time party vibes, even a glamorous quality", and that once the "frothy French romance evolves into a more serious drama" it "turns turgid, causing a jarring tonal shift." [6]
Josh Kupecki of The Austin Chronicle rated the film 2 stars out of 5 wrote that the while the film "looks marvelous, with Roinsard artfully weaving through throngs of partygoers placed in vibrant, lived-in spaces and exotic locales", and Efira "continues her run of outstanding performances", she is "ultimately ill-served by a character and a film that’s removed any gravitas it seeks to instill by paradoxically not being removed enough." [7]
![]() | This article needs a
plot summary. (December 2022) |
Waiting for Bojangles | |
---|---|
![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Régis Roinsard |
Written by |
Romain Compingt Régis Roinsard |
Based on |
Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut |
Produced by |
Olivier Delbosc Jean-Pierre Guérin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Guillaume Schiffman |
Edited by | Loïc Lallemand |
Music by | Clare Manchon Olivier Manchon |
Production companies | Curiosa Films JPG Films |
Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 124 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | $13.4 million [1] |
Box office | $4.5 million [2] |
Waiting for Bojangles ( French: En attendant Bojangles) is a 2021 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Régis Roinsard , starring Romain Duris, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois. It is an adaptation of Olivier Bourdeaut's novel of the same name.
Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave the film a score of 10/10 and called it "mesmerizing from start to finish." [3]
Ray Gill of Willamette Week rated the film 4 stars out of 4 and called it an "uneasy thrill ride full of uncertainty, as any great love story should be." [4]
Calum Marsh of The New York Times wrote that the "vision of a life of immeasurable joy and passion — one lived solely for love, without limits or qualifications — is beautiful", and while the film is in "constant jeopardy of seeming maudlin or, worse, a little corny", it is an "admirable problem". [5]
Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2 stars out of 4 and wrote that despite "charismatic" and "committed" performances from Duris and Efira, the film spends "much" of its "overlong" running time depicting mental illness as an "adorable personality quirk, a source of good-time party vibes, even a glamorous quality", and that once the "frothy French romance evolves into a more serious drama" it "turns turgid, causing a jarring tonal shift." [6]
Josh Kupecki of The Austin Chronicle rated the film 2 stars out of 5 wrote that the while the film "looks marvelous, with Roinsard artfully weaving through throngs of partygoers placed in vibrant, lived-in spaces and exotic locales", and Efira "continues her run of outstanding performances", she is "ultimately ill-served by a character and a film that’s removed any gravitas it seeks to instill by paradoxically not being removed enough." [7]