Rolling to You

Here in France, Franck Dubost was known as an actor in nonpretentious movies, and I was not expecting much of this one. But as an author & director he shines! ___ The scenario breaks new ground: handicap was taboo in movies - in France just as it is in Hollywood. The film covers the subject with sensitivity, avoiding the obvious pitfalls. ___ Actor Franck is better here than his usual self; but the stellar performance is by Alexandra Lamy: energetic, empathic and beautiful. Elsa Zylberstein gives a good performance in a small part. Claude Brasseur & Gérard Darmon do the job. ___ Overall a good movie, eminently watchable.

Love this movie ! A good plot with great actors. There is several things mentioned in this film like handicap and love and "lady killer" ! And the scene with the pool ? so romantic! so sappy!

A very good comedy, really funny and enjoyable, with a brilliant sense of humour. The plot is solid and the cast is perfect, but the thing i like the most was the real aim of this movie: focus the attention about disabled persons and their problems

Co - writer/director Franck Dubosc's Rolling to You is apparently one of those movies that completely splits critics and general audiences. It has a staggeringly low score of 29% on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from critics, as against an audience score of 65%, which exactly matches the IMDB user score. The general critical consensus is that it is unfunny and somehow disrespectful of those with physical disabilities. I thought just the opposite. It's really quite humorous, treats those with disabilities as real people, capable of leading independent, enriched lives and is quite the engrossing rom - com to boot. The director himself plays the male lead of Jocelyn, a successful CEO of a French sports shoe company, who, besides being a confirmed playboy bachelor is a serial liar. In his deceased mother's apartment shortly after (almost missing) her funeral, he meets her new and sexy neighbour Marie, a carer, whilst happening to sit in his mother's wheel chair. Hoping to curry sympathy with Marie, with a view to seducing her, Jocelyn impersonates a paraplegic, not realising that Marie intends to play matchmaker with him and her wheelchair bound, very attractive sister, Florence played by Alexandra Lamy. Much hilarity follows, as slowly but surely Jocelyn is drawn to the very appealing and talented Florence, but is intimidated at the thought of revealing his pretence, known only by his brother Lucien and best friend Max. The dialogue is funny and the sets and exterior French locations are bright and inviting. Both Dubosc and Lamy excel in their roles, elevating what could read as generic rom-com story tropes into something more. It is Lamy however that steals every scene, using every opportunity to present herself with much strength, intelligence, and wit. (Note however she is not disabled in real life.) This is the sort of jocular French comedy that in the hands of American producers might end up being some sort of unsubtle Adam Sandler/Jim Carrey remake vehicle, which might then give the critics something genuine to complain about. But as it stands Dubosc has made a very entertaining, diverting enterprise. Don't be put off seeing and appreciating it.

Jocelyn (Franck Dubosc) is a 40-something and boss of a firm dealing with well-known brands of sportshoes. His business is in Paris, but to suit his lifestyle he lives in the suburbs. He's a man that you without many problems could call shallow, searching for women all the time, but preferably just for one night stands. One day he receives a phonecall from his brother Lucien (Laurent Bateau) saying that their mother is dead. Arriving late for the funeral talking with Lucien who recommends that he visits the house of their mother to see if he can find anything of interest. He arrives at the house, and sits in his mother's wheelchair as a guest arrives, it's the young, good looking, neighbor Julie (Caroline Anglade). She's a handicap assistant, and because of the wheelchair, she thinks that Jocelyn is handicapped. Julie invites him for a trip to her family in the countryside in the coming weekend. Jocelyn stays in the role as a handicapped person, counting on an affair with Julie. But she has other plans, she wants to introduce him to her sister, who "also" is handicapped and wheelchair user. Arriving to the family home, of course in the wheelchair, he meets the sister Florence (Alexandra Lamy). It's not really love at first sight, but they agree to meet again. Jocelyn desides to bring his two, only, friends to the dinner date. Firstly it's his secretary Marie (Elsa Zylberstein) and secondly his doctor Max (Gérard Darmon). Now, what probably never have happened before he, against his will, falls in love. Florence is very glad to have met Jocelyn. They are talking together much easier this time, and he finds out that she plays tennis and that she's playing the violin in a well known orchestra. First Jocelyn secretly watch Florence play tennis, buy through circumstances they meet again. They're now really start liking each other. So much that he travels to Eastern Europe to attend one of her concerts. Of course still in his mother's wheelchair. Jocelyn's biggest problem is now, how to tell Florence that he's not handicapped! This French film is very well performed, right down to the smallest part. The actor/singer Claude Brasseur has a small part as Jocelyn and Lucien's father, in one of his last performances. The film is directed by Dubosc in his debut in directing.

I REALLY enjoyed this one! Smart, funny, beautiful images, and with a big dose of the somewhat popular French movie's craziness. I saw it on the cinema and people laughed and cried and sometimes even laughed and cried at the sometime. LOVED IT.

As all good french movies, thisbhas a grat story, elegant humot and much heart, I loved it !

"Tout le monde debout" or "Rolling to You" (oh well) is a new French/Belgian co-production from 2018 written and directed by Franck Dubosc and he also plays the main character who is virtually in every scene from this 105-minute movie. For me, this was not so positive as I struggled a bit with his acting at times. But that may be just me when I felt he was too much over the top occasionally and well, i also did not find him to have the most likable presence, which was a crucial deal breaker in how much I liked, or I should say "did not like", his character in here. His female counterpart played by Alexandra Lamy was not much better sadly. She does virtually nothing with a fairly solid character and I really did not care at all about the two getting together to be honest. But I did like the two friends of the main character. They elevated the material and film overall here. The script was sometimes okay in terms of comedy, but not always as funny as they wanted it to be. Here and there is a scene though that will inevitably put a smile on your lips. Also with Dubosc. Don#t get me wrong, he isn't bad or anything and it is definitely a better comedy than it is a romance movie eventually. The best example for how short it comes with regard to romance is the very last scene that is oh so crucial and still feels so rushed in with how she suddenly appears at the marathon track exactly where he is (42 kilometers folks...) and they get together. Not gonna happen. All this after a rushed-in birthday present scene that felt all for the sake of it too, never really credible, but just with the intention to make the main character more likable. His whole character transformation did not do too much for me I must admit and did not feel too realistic either looking at as what he starts and what he becomes. There were aspects I liked though, for example that the woman knows he's been faking and honestly this did feel right as a wheelchair driver would see the used shoes or smell the stinky feet if even other characters recognize that. The side story with her sister and his brother becoming an item too was okay, but admittedly added very little in the overall picture. Same can be said about everything else if we look away from the comedy. I kinda liked how the Lourdes trip went wrong and that they did not go for a self-important solution there. But the (almost) truck accident scene did feel cringeworthy for sure, no denying. So, overall some pros and some cons. I as somebody who really likes French films was a bit underwhelmed here by pretty much all aspects, even if maybe only one or two are on failure territory. A positive recommendation I give this one, but a pretty cautious one.

So funny , great characters, great actors . An interesting storyline with a strong message. One of the funniest films I've ever saw

Seen this on an O/S flight (with sub titles). Loved it so much, I watched it on the return flight 8 weeks later. Probably the best foreign language film I've seen - especially in the romantic comedy genre. Story was original, believable, funny, tragic & well executed. The cast seem perfectly matched & the writer & director have done an excellent job. Watch out for Jocelyn (the main character's) father - he's an absolute riot!!. Persevere with the subtitles - A must watch of 2018.