Le jumeau

I watched this movie the first time when I was quite young and have never stopped really liking this movie. The two twin actresses are stunning, Pierre Richard almost makes you believe he has a twin brother. The story is far from the best every written, but some scenes are just hilarious. It's a typical 80's french comedy, which far outmatches its US remake (Two much - 1995). It's probably one of the best movie with Pierre Richard where he doesn't play a clumsy character. The whole story is nothing but a dream, maybe silly at times, but it's definitely a feel-good type of movie. If you're a fan of Pierre Richard and still haven't watched this one, by all means go rent it somewhere. It's available on DVD.

Delightful sex farce based on premises that do not stand up to a moment's scrutiny. Matrimony, bigamy, and adultery are airily treated as fun, carrying no dreary consequences. Beautiful girls surrender in an evening, and are happy to share their lovers. All enjoyable fantasy.

One relationship in the film does have hints of reality, however, which is that of Matthias with his long-suffering and loyal secretary, Evie. As the story unfolds, kisses on the cheek become kisses on the lips and handshakes become hugs. This could be innocent affection, until at the end we learn that her child is Matthias' godson. As well as this ecclesiastical link, can we draw the implication of a biological link?

Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" had identical twins sleeping with the same woman, but that moved into increasingly dark territory and ended very badly. Robert's breezy fairy tale skates over profundities, leaving the hero to enjoy the beds and bank balances of the two princesses.

The film follows quite typical plot-line, Pierre Richard playing quite clumsy guy who always gets into trouble and all women in this flick fall in love with him. And of course full of small clichés from romance & musical movies here and there that the director has brought forward making them ridiculous. The citations from film noir genre make the movie interesting to watch on the other hand - the country-house sequel and the night after marrying. The genre was not abused and stomp on as Carl Reiner's and Steve Martin's collaboration "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" did, pissing on itself and on film noir.

On side of acting, the part suits very well for Pierre Richard. His character, Matthias/Matthieu gets clearly schizophrenic, one could say even clinically (one of the best lines of the movie: "Oh dear, i just cheated on myself!") And of course, he even becomes jealous on himself. The twin sisters, played by Camilla and Carey More surprisingly don't ruin the movie (as bringing twins in usually effects). They look nice and stay in their role - to ask more would be crime.

One thing bugs me though - when Liz sends Matthias to airport, whom is she calling, saying: "This one will do just fine." (or something like that.)

Pierre Richard is known to play clumsy, kinda dumb characters all the time. A character were everything goes wrong for him so that's the general image we have from him. In Le Jumeau (or The Twin) it's not the case and to be honest I can't see him in any other character than mentioned above. Normally I like fast paced stories so it's even a surprise to me that I found this movie just too fast paced this time. It's all going very fast what makes it a bit annoying to follow, plus the story is just not very credible. Him playing a gigolo whilst let's be honest he's not a very attractive man is just a bit far fetched. Certainly not the best movie I watched with him so quite disappointing.

Movies like this used to play regularly in the USA. Kids could look at it and enjoy and parents and adults can look at it for the jokes.

It's about a con-artist who is pretending to be twins to date twin sisters. It's sexy, fun, hilarious, and sometimes a bit of a farce.

It's like a Steve Martin movie to us in the USA. Same type of comedy vibe. It's all made for fun and hilarious situations come up as his lies unravel, but you pull for the main character because you were with him in his journey of lies.

Does he find happiness? Maybe.

I give it a 9 out of 10. If you want good entertaining comedy and want something easy to follow and fresh to watch, give it a shot.