The Closet

3.00
    The Closet
    2001

    Synopsis

    A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

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    Cast

    • Daniel AuteuilFrançois Pignon
    • Gérard DepardieuFélix Santini
    • Thierry LhermitteGuillaume, the Director of Public Relations
    • Michèle LaroqueMiss Bertrand
    • Michel AumontBelone, le voisin de Pignon
    • Jean RochefortKopel, le directeur de l'usine
    • Alexandra VandernootChristine
    • Edgar GivryMathieu
    • Irina NinovaMartine
    • Marianne GrovesSuzanne

    Recommendations

    • 80

      The New York Times

      Veber's giddy social comedy The Closet finds more delicious, chortling fun in the spectacle of obsequious hypocrisy than any movie I've seen in ages.
    • 80

      Chicago Reader

      Funny? This one is. It's also sweet and thoughtful.
    • 80

      Newsweek

      More sweet than savage, this amiable farce creates laughs with old-pro efficiency.
    • 80

      Rolling Stone

      Auteuil and Depardieu spar hilariously, and writer-director Francis Veber, following "The Dinner Game," offers another delicious treat.
    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      Auteuil is as charming as ever, with a surprising aptitude for physical humor that keeps the tone cheerfully light and the laughs plentiful.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Passes the time pleasantly and has a few good laughs.
    • 63

      Chicago Tribune

      By the end we are left with a mildly amusing comedy and the lingering memory of a sterling cast that deserved better material.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      Tumbles happily into every pitfall that lines its well-trodden path.

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