2009 · comedy · fantasy
Cineman
Directed by Yann Moix1h 30m2009
A maths teacher acquires the power to travel into movies to save the woman of his dreams and bring her back to her correct film.
Our read: Cineman (2009) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal comedy · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
Watching Cineman tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Cineman feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a silly French fantasy about jumping into movies to win love.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if meta film gags or uneven French comedies fall flat for you.
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