Our reviews of films in theaters this Wednesday January 1, 2025.
“A bear in the Jura” by Franck Dubosc
After two comedies, Franck Dubosc put his directorial cap back on, this time for a genre film. In this thriller bathed in black humor, he and Laure Calamy form a couple worn down by the years and the hostile climate of a remote region. When he causes an accident and finds himself with two bodies and a suitcase of tickets on his hands, he will be forced to get closer to his wife.
Launched by an opening scene as unexpected as it is irresistible, this story rich in twists and turns oscillates between zaniness, tenderness and gravity thanks to mastered writing, effective staging and complicit actors, including Benoît Poelvoorde and Joséphine de Meaux, who get in tune. This jubilant entertainment in the tradition of the Coen brothers' cinema is incredible!
« Bird » d’Andrea Arnold
If it is now customary to talk about a dysfunctional family, that of Bailey (Nykiya Adams) belongs to this category. At 12, the girl lives in a squat in Kent with her brother and a frankly unstable father (Barry Keoghan). Staying as far away from this toxic clan as possible, the teenager wanders until she meets a strange and gentle being, who introduces himself under the name of Bird (Franz Rogowski). A great regular at the Cannes Film Festival, Andrea Arnold presented this year in competition this strange, captivating, violent drama, but also moving, notably thanks to the sensitive interpretation of unique actors.
“Six Days” by Juan Carlos Medina
Six days is the time that Malik (Sami Bouajila), a police inspector, has left to find the murderer of a little girl before the case is closed. While he leads this race against time alongside the child's mother (Julie Gayet), a strangely similar case allows a link to be established between the two investigations. If the American filmmaker Juan Carlos Medina was able to rely on the talent of good French actors like Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, Anne Azoulay or Yannick Choirat, he nevertheless produced a half-hearted thriller, some scenes of which lack plausibility and whose rhythm is uneven. Damage.
