Locked Out (2006)

Let's be realistic.

Best movie ever!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is French farce at it's best, funniest and most endearing. To appreciate it, one does need to have a sense of the ridiculous, and it helps if you are open to the notion that we live in a ridiculous world. It is a story of a crazy man in a crazy world: and plenty of crazy things happen in the movie. It's not just farce and slapstick, however – although that comes in plentiful supply. Rather, the story is really about society's perceptions of sanity and madness. It invites us to question the values that we have in modern society: it's somewhat anarchic in a way only the French can be, but overall it is houmourous – providing one had a sense of humour, that is. On a technical note, the direction and cinematography are innovative and intriguing, which all adds to the enjoyment of the film.

First of all this movie is not entertaining as a blockbuster. It's more about tenderness and simplicity. It's much more better to be french to laugh at it.But well, you can appreciate it anyway, just let the strange trashy flow convince you. Many characters are french comic actors. Some of them use to perform with "les Deschiens", a funny band making short and minimalistic television sketches. The movie fits them perfectly. The scenario frame is well dosed with rhythmical gags and sensitive touches. The crooked business is not the bad man at last. The main tramp character find love with an engaging widow whom he helps for the quest of her lovely daughter. Very funny, very profound, full of hope.

If you want to know the answer to that question, go to see that comedy really very funny. That remember me Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Tex Avery, it's incredible...The hero is a homeless, and all what he try to do systematically fail and turn in gag. That movie of 80 minutes is very trash some time, but there is a lot of humanity in. If you have see movie like 'Dogma' or 'Jay & bob counter-attack' you will surely find that movie great.A lot of news ideas that we never see before in a movie, and a good rhythm, that make you laugh from the beginning to the end without interruption or rather. That movie is a satyric comedy, but that's very good for our society because there is a true reflexion behind all that stream of gags. Don't be afraid because it's a French movie, it's the best 'french touch' of movie making actually. No money, but totally crazy, and very funny.

I went to see "Enferme Dehors" expecting the worse and I got it. 90mn of relentless torture. This is not a poor man's Amelie Poulain or a modern Comedia del'Arte. It is trashy, ugly, not funny and an utter waste of time. The political message, all businessmen are baddies and tramps are good hearted decent people, is so naive and retarded that even L'Humanite has given it up long time ago. Its utterly amazing that Dupontel was ever given the €1000 that this movie must have cost. Dupontel's attacks on consumerism are painfully boring. One ray of sunshine though, Claude Perron who plays Marie the ex porno star. Dupontel should be locked up and made to watch Bloomberg TV all day long.