Product Details

• Actors: Michèle Laroque, Daniel Prévost, Zinedine Soualem, Laurent Gamelon, Michel Vuillermoz
• Directors: Dany Boon
• Producers: Dream House ( La Maison du bonheur ), Dream House, La Maison du bonheur
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tf1 Video
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000V2MIKC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,904 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, SYNOPSIS: Comedy. A stingy husband decides to offer his wife a countryside house. As he cannot help saving money, he decides to secure the help of a dubious estate agent and cowboy workmen who are going to turn his surprise into a nightmare. ...Dream House ( La Maison du bonheur )

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3.0 out of 5 stars Le Pit D'Argent, January 23, 2008

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This review is from: Dream House ( La Maison du bonheur ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ] (DVD)

La Maison du Bonheur is more or less a modern-day French The Money Pit as Danny Boon's tightfisted credit manager impulsively buys a `country house' on the outskirts of Paris from Daniel Prevost's dodgy realtor as a surprise for his wife and finds himself not only having to pay out a fortune for renovations but also out of a job while trying to keep both facts a secret until he can sort it out. It ticks over pleasantly enough but it's distinctly short on laughs and amiability and a jaunty Phillipe Rombi score will only carry a film so far. It just about avoids outstaying its welcome over its 103 minutes, but it certainly won't tax your memory for long after seeing it.

The French PAL DVD boasts a good 2.35:1 widescreen transfer with English subtitles and a host of unsubtitled extra features - deleted scenes, outtakes, 45-minute documentary and trailer among them.