Suave drama...Omar Sy and François Cluzet in Untouchable.
Its been hyped to the max and sugarcoated(wolfgang) to almost every level, Untouchable is a charming buddy movie about an ex-con and his quadriplegic employer. I first saw it advertised a few weeks ago and it came emblazoned with four or five star ratings from critics. An American voiceover tells us "critics rave about it" and I merely assumed it would be pretty awful as it looked pretty cheesy and unattractive to a movie-goer like me. I ended up going and now I've come out of it literally raving. Omar Sy is the ex-crook, (a rather undeveloped plot strand) Driss, who has just done time for robbery. To gain benefits he enters an interview to become carer to wealthy quadriplegic Philippe (Cluzet). A trial month ensues and Driss quickly becomes a full-time carer and friend to the millionaire. For once I actually enjoy the embarrassing sequences that are supposed to be 'heart-warming'. I wasn't cringing, shamed to be in the audience, I was just grinning like an idiot. The relationship between the two doesn't rise above sentimentality but keeps the pace going. When Driss discovers Philippe has lost his love, he sets out to match his employer up with his pen-pal Eleonore, a woman he's been enticing with romantic poems. The jokes are fresh and witty, bouncing off Philippe's condition and others around the pair. Now lined up for a foreign language Oscar, it will surely win. Untouchable is one of those films, you'll remember the next morning. 4/5
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