A good movie

Since I did like ‘Les petits mouchoirs’, I thought I might as well check this sequel. To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and, in fact, I even proposed to my wife to watch it first but she didn’t mind watching only this sequel. In fact, I wonder if not rewatching the previous movie actually allowed me to appreciate more this movie. Anyway, it was pretty neat to see this group of characters eight years later and it was even more awesome to see them hang out together at this awesome holiday house. Indeed, I was amazed that, even though I saw ‘Les petits mouchoirs’ more than 5 years ago, I recognized this place with the very first shot. As a result, it was rather disappointing that they had to leave it to an even bigger house. Sure, I understand why Max was planning to sell this house, even if, narratively speaking, it was a rather lazy and predictable move (seriously, you pretty much know right from the start that he will never go through with this sell). However, I didn’t see the point of not keeping the characters there for the whole duration. Another issue was that, even though I liked all these characters, I think it was a mistake to give every single one of them some kind of angle, twist, sub-plot or hidden agenda. On the other hand, it was a great idea to focus more on Max and François Cluzet gave a really strong performance. Somehow, the guy reminded me of a strung-out f*cked-up French version of Woody Allen and it was quite amazing how the guy managed to be so tragic and so hilarious at the same time. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing ground-breaking, it really enjoyed spending more time with this group of friends and I wouldn’t mind watching another instalment of their adventures in 10 years from here.