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The Intouchables (2011) poster

2011 · comedy · drama · french

The Intouchables

Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache1h 53m2011

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

Our read: The Intouchables (2011) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · french entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb8.51.0MRT75%Metacritic57TMDB8.318k
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
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How The Intouchables feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a warm, funny true story of an unlikely friendship changing two lives.”

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