Barbecue (film)
Barbecue is a 2014 French ensemble comedy film helmed by director Éric Lavaine.
Cast
- Lambert Wilson portraying Antoine Chevalier
- Franck Dubosc in the role of Baptiste
- Florence Foresti as Olivia
- Guillaume de Tonquédec playing Yves
- Lionel Abelanski as Laurent
- Jérôme Commandeur in the character Jean-Mich'
- Sophie Duez as Véronique Chevalier
- Lysiane Meis portraying Laure
- as Nathalie
- Lucas Lavaine in the role of Guillaume
- Corentin Lavaine as Hugo
- Stéphane De Groodt playing Alexandre
- Philippe Laudenbach as Jean Chevalier
- Julie Engelbrecht as the attractive blonde
Reception
Barbecue received mixed reviews from critics. Mike McCahill of The Guardian criticized it as a "dull, conventional film lacking cinematic aspiration".
At the Beijing International Film Festival, Clarence Tsui from The Hollywood Reporter described the movie as a "partially developed comedy-drama focusing on a circle of bourgeois friends facing midlife challenges".
Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times regarded the film as an "entirely unremarkable local production," though he acknowledged it provides "a subtly amusing look at distinctly French life dilemmas".