Los casos de Victoria

This is typical of modern state-subsidised French cinema but at least in many of the others they get and old star like G Depardieu or C Deneuve as the leading character which makes it more entertaining. Virginie Efira is OK as an actress but she is not a comedian.

The script is pathetic, the rest of the acting very basic and the filming amateurish in this wannabe Woody Allen story of a neurotic woman with a run-down sex life in upper-middle class Parisian society.

The cover says it is about a super-heroine in a hilarious comedy. This is blunt lies at the level of Donald' T fake news!!!! What a waste of French tax-payer money.

Give me more of "les intouchables", Bienvenue chez les ch'tis" but do not waste our time with this kind of films.

I literally watched it at 1.5x speed and I still want my hour back. That's how low-paced this film is. It's not a comedy, neither is it drama. Uninteresting story, definitely not entertaining. Waste of time.

Maybe because I am a male, I found this movie appealing due to the lead role. I think Virginie Efira can act, and does so very well. Unlike some major stars, it seems to me that she is making a real effort to act this role. For IMDB to list "Little imagination and not a single laugh" as the top review made me write this counter-review.

As a non-French speaker, I did struggle with the subtitles as there is a lot of dialogue (not all subtitled, thank goodness). And the plot is "clunky", I would say: the on-again, off-again relationship of the defendant, the vindictiveness of the ex, the role of the young man, for example.

Yet, like most (all?) French comedies, it does have its charms. The sets and costumes help. But mainly, the exploration of a career-oriented woman who thinks only of her career and casts her lovers and friends aside in its pursuit, to the detriment of her happiness. OK, we have seen this before (and will again) and probably done better. But being drawn in by Efira is quite satisfying.

I just watched Victoria on a pre-release exclusive showing, and I greatly enjoyed it. Virginie has a great talent for comedies, and romantic comedies, and this movie is no exception. However, Victoria a parallel, satiric, deeper layer beside the general comedy stream. However, it keeps it's promise to be a light movie for a weekend night to have fun. I enjoyed the occasional funny moments, too.

After the movie Virgine came on stage for a question and answer session. I learned that the movie has several elements of near-improvisation, as the actors had the liberty to live their roles fully and didn't had to go word by word by scripts, they had freedom to go further with interpretation when they felt to.

All in all, if you like French comedies, and you like Virginie Efira, you will enjoy Victoria a lot.

In Bed with Victoria directed by Justine Triet has much to offer in a complex plot of misadventures by lead Virginie Efira. She takes in a young man whom she defended.He is an aupair and takes over her house and children. He then takes over her case. She doesn't know she loves him. He leaves after she wins her case. You will have to watch the film to see what happens. It is funny. Virginie goes to a shrink, a doctor, an acupuncturist, a tarot card reader, one night stands, and a client to find out why she is not happy. Even one of her young daughters rubs her back and says I love you while she cries. Am I too masculine in bed she asks Vincent LaCoste. The dalmatian dog hates anyone who gets near his female owner, and this becomes part of a very funny divorce case. There is also a big monkey. I like the true search for happiness. She wants more than to be an attorney.