Product Details

• Actors: Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Sylvie Testud, Benjamin Tessier, Philippe Nahon
• Directors: Jesse Peretz
• Writers: Jesse Peretz, Thomas Bidegain
• Producers: Bradley Yonover, Dolly Hall, Fisher Stevens, John Penotti, Robin O'Hara
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000A9GHH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,595 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars funny, February 14, 2004

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Justin M Kirby (ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chateau (DVD)

i found this movie through my local library. i have to say it's a fun gem.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At last!, November 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Chateau [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this movie when it came out a year and a half ago and fell in love with it. The story is unique, funny and charming. The actors are deft and outrageously comic. I've tried to find one person in Los Angeles who has actually seen this movie but haven't, so I want to give it as a gift. Finally it's out on VHS/DVD!!! I rate this up there with the finest of small gem movies, like Big Night, Waiting for Guffman and Swingers. You just have to see this movie and spread the word!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good bijou of a movie, April 23, 2004

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Bill Leubrie "CapHill" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chateau (DVD)

I'd been told this was a "small" movie, and wasn't expecting a great deal, but was thoroughly entertained. The plot develops in surprising ways; and the characters seem appropriately off-balance throughout. I understand portions of the movie were improvised, which may account for this. If so, it's a thoroughly appropriate tactic. The only word of warning is that you may need some French to understand the entertaining way it's fractured in this movie, and the iron control the French characters must be exercising to control their faces in response. Rule of thumb: if you don't know what a bijou is, you might not get it.

A fascinating exercise is to compare this movie with I Capture the Castle (2003), which develops the identical premise in a completely different way.