A good movie

I have noticed that several Filmclub members turned out to be slightly disappointing by this movie but, to be honest, I didn't have such expectations and I thought it turned out to be a decent watch. Above all, Omar Sy, probably one of the most famous French actors at work nowadays, was just really charismatic and very often really funny. Indeed, he was just perfect to play this part and,  without him, I'm not sure it would have actually worked. Basically, even though it was an intrigued story with some great potential, it turned out to be a decent biopic but nothing really mind-blowing, I'm afraid. The first problem is that the whole thing was just so pedestrian and predictable. Then, the other problem is that they kept adding some elements to the story without properly developing them. It was above all obvious with his partner Footit. Indeed, during the whole thing, they never really make up their mind if the guy was actually his friend or if he was in fact exploiting him. At some point, already half way through, Chocolat himself even asks him what the hell does he do with his money and his free time. Eventually,  we get to see a random scene in a gay bar which had nothing to do with what happened before or after. And I won't even start about the whole 'Othello' thing which occured completely differently in real life. Anyway, in spite of its flaws, thanks to Omar Sy, I still think it was a decent watch after all.

7/10