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Geraldine's Fortune

  • 2004
  • 1h 33min
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5,2/10
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Geraldine's Fortune (2004)
ComédieDrame

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueGeraldine Elmhurst Liddle - Deen to her friends - is up against five other contestants for the $2 million jackpot on the game show "Bring Home the Bacon!". News of her upcoming appearance on... Tout lireGeraldine Elmhurst Liddle - Deen to her friends - is up against five other contestants for the $2 million jackpot on the game show "Bring Home the Bacon!". News of her upcoming appearance on the show takes her small New Brunswick hometown by storm. She practices and studies for t... Tout lireGeraldine Elmhurst Liddle - Deen to her friends - is up against five other contestants for the $2 million jackpot on the game show "Bring Home the Bacon!". News of her upcoming appearance on the show takes her small New Brunswick hometown by storm. She practices and studies for the show, but her friends and family just assume she's going to win. Even her younger siste... Tout lire

  • Réalisation
    • John N. Smith
  • Scénario
    • Tim Burns
    • Michel Tremblay
  • Casting principal
    • Jane Curtin
    • Mary Walsh
    • Matt Frewer
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,2/10
    119
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    • Réalisation
      • John N. Smith
    • Scénario
      • Tim Burns
      • Michel Tremblay
    • Casting principal
      • Jane Curtin
      • Mary Walsh
      • Matt Frewer
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    • 2avis des critiques
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    Jane Curtin
    Jane Curtin
    • Geraldine Liddle
    Mary Walsh
    Mary Walsh
    • Rose Owen
    Matt Frewer
    Matt Frewer
    • Cameron Geary
    Sheila McCarthy
    Sheila McCarthy
    • Tina Larose
    Peter MacNeill
    Peter MacNeill
    • Henry Liddle
    Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure
    • Olive Larose
    Marina Orsini
    Marina Orsini
    • Cilla
    Pascale Montpetit
    Pascale Montpetit
    • Diede Murphy
    Jennifer Morehouse
    • Greta Jones
    Patrick McKenna
    Patrick McKenna
    • Louie Owen
    Nicole Maillet
    • Linda Liddle
    Tori Mitchell
    • Luara Larose
    Dylan Smith
    Dylan Smith
    • Josh Fisher
    Marie-Aude Doyon
    • Candida
    Claire Brosseau
    Claire Brosseau
    • Make-Up Girl
    Brett Watson
    Brett Watson
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    Lawren Campbell
    Lawren Campbell
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    Sharon Flatt
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      • John N. Smith
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      • Tim Burns
      • Michel Tremblay
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    3canuckteach

    Poor-scripting ruins potential 'sleeper' comedy

    Rented DVD on promises of light comedy with a plain-jane (pardon the pun) Canadian town backdrop, featuring Jane Curtin, a fabulous SNL player (but very under-rated). This satiric story had elements of fine comedy: quirky, large-as-life characters, and problems/conflicts lifted from almost any (somewhat dysfunctional) family with a 'small-town' setting. Sadly, there is a fine line between 'satiric' and 'mean-spirited'. Interactions between the characters become increasingly toxic, aided by airing of deep-rooted conflicts and a free flow of booze.

    The language becomes profane and nasty. This is no longer light-hearted fun with a message and a mix of family drama -- this is just unpleasant. We turned it off. Who to blame? Well, the Scriptwriter puts it on paper - the Director tries to bring it to life. It looks like they just don't know their stuff.

    Oddly, British producers seem to pull off this kind of humor with apparent ease, allowing older actresses and less-glamorous performers to flesh out some real characters, and tell a great story -- in short, to act. Why isn't it done on this continent very well?
    8kaya111

    Now titled Geraldine's Fortune or is that the other way around?

    I was just in the first ever audience for this film and it was a pleasure to be a part of that. It was a clever comedy that made use of Jane Curtin's talents in the title role. Backed up well by her zany family and friends - Geraldine (Deen) is off to play in a TV game show and has to appoint 3 little piggies among her friends and family. Deen has become a celebrity in town and all are after her for how she'll share the wealth if she wins. In the meantime she deals with a "fashionable" teenage daughter and jealous family (and a mysterious missing sister) and friends suffering their own difficulties (Sheila McCarthy plays Tina who is caring for an aged mother-in-law with some very hysterical scenes). It was a movie that you wondered early on if there would be more than the odd chuckle but as things moved along it ended up being a fairly funny, feel-good movie despite some heavy subject matter.
    9gbbetts

    A Very Worthy Comedy

    To begin with, this is a funny movie. It's different than you'll find of any other comedy you've seen and that alone makes it special. Set in a small city in New Brunswick, the story follows a group of wise-cracker women as they plot their vaguest fantasies.

    The nice thing about the movie -- beside Mary Walsh -- is the spirit of the characters. They are poor, they are cynical, but yet they are also quick to laugh and joke. There is something uplifting about their camaraderie, flawed and filled with poison as it may be.

    It's interesting to compare this movie to the play on which it is based, Les Belles Souers by M. Trembley. The play is also filled with quick wit, but there's a heaviness to it that puts the "social commentary" into overdrive. Despair weighs heavy on the dialogue, and each character embodies a sustained fascination with depression. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful play -- sort of in the spirit of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The plot twists take you further and further into a murky world of unstable social politics.

    Geraldine's Fortune has most of the same dark elements, but the stress is on the surface and the wise cracks and the humour. This allows the audience the greater freedom of engagement. In other words, John Smith doesn't want you to become depressed, but yet he also reminds us that humour is often the inverse of sadness. The hopes of the women for the big money prize from the (hilarious) game show reveal their self-doubt. But the cleverness of the movie, and the way it is made, leaves us wanting Geraldine to not win the prize, and to help the really important problems and people in her life in a more meaningful way.

    Now for Mary Walsh. She's simply great in this film. A total dynamo. Compared to other films, like New Waterford Girl, Walsh has finally found a script that works for her personality. She's a quick witted, fast talking, eloquent jokester laden with barbs all viciously aimed at her loved ones. This is the character Walsh can do, not some mourning Maritime mother, and she does it well.

    The other actors are solid and charming, though somewhat derivative. They serve the plot well. Jane Curtin stands out as Geraldine if only because her smile hinges between simplemindedness and lunacy -- reminiscent of Katherine O'Hara in My Mom's a Serial Killer. In any event, she's solid too, and if your up for a light and comfy movie with some genuine and unique humour, here's your movie.

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      Geraldine Liddle: Hey, Rose. In what sport do they compete for the Stanley Cup?

      Rose: [Rose looks at Geraldine, stunned] You're shittin' me, right?

    • Connexions
      References The National (1952)
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      The Glory of Love

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    • Date de sortie
      • 22 octobre 2004 (Canada)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Canada
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • La fortune de Géraldine
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Saint John, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada
    • Sociétés de production
      • Cité-Amérique
      • Grana Productions
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