For early risers, from 9:35 a.m., TF1 offers the Comedy Madame Doubtfire. To avoid being separated from his children whom he adores, an actor with a youthful soul transforms into an old governess thanks to the use of ingenious prostheses. But this new role will put him in very delicate situations… Based on a scenario which should not have given its authors too many headaches, the film is above all an opportunity for Robin Williams to highlight himself, in a number one nothing histrionic. Cinema that has no other ambition than to entertain.
To be continued at 2:00 p.m., TF1 programs the science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water. Thirteen years have passed: Jake Sully and Neytiri gave birth to two boys and a girl. And the couple adopted. The return of humans, with an armada to make Pandora planet B of the dying Earth, marks the hour of tears and blood. Sully takes the lead of the Na'vi resistance… Avatar magic takes everything. Never gratuitous, his virtuosity serves a powerful ecological message, a reflection on living together, the family (in all its forms) and transmission between generations: salvation will come from youth. Masterful.
A 1:23 p.m. Canal+ releases the science fiction film Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom. Year 2328. Nearly three centuries after the reign of Caesar, prophet of the primates, the apes have definitively taken power on Earth. Humans, for their part, have returned to the wild and now live in seclusion. While Proximus Caesar, a new tyrannical leader from the bonobo clan, takes power and gradually builds his empire, Noa, a young chimpanzee, undertakes a perilous journey which leads him to question everything he thinks he knows about the past. Upset by an unexpected encounter, Noa will have to make choices that will define the future of both apes and humans…
On 6Ter we watch the fantasy film Edward Scissorhands at 5:10 p.m.. The odyssey, both tender and cruel, of a being like no other, equipped with sharp scissors instead of hands, who desperately seeks the love of humans… In the form of a modern fairy tale, Tim Burton addresses the theme of exclusion. Adopting an original aesthetic bias, this fable with an astonishing composition by Johnny Depp is a masterpiece of intelligence, poetry and emotion.
To be continued at 6:50 p.m. on 6Ter, the action film Bumblebee. California, 1987: Bumblebee is sent to Earth to prepare the resistance. An abandoned yellow Ladybug serves as a cover. Charlie, a lost teenage mechanical virtuoso, acquires it and finds herself propelled into the heart of a battle of titans… this sixth opus is by far the best of the Transformers. Full of vintage references to the 80s, and for once with a good dose of humor and emotion, this return to the future of Bumblebee clearly claims the heritage of Spielberg's cinema.
TMC offers the fantastic film at 7:15 p.m. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Harry Potter and his friends continue their fight against Voldemort. The situation is serious, and the wizarding world is transformed into a battlefield… Twists and turns, breathtaking action scenes, combat choreography, mind-blowing settings and special effects, the epilogue is spellbinding. In this eighth and final opus of the saga, carried by his ever-charismatic troupe, filmmaker David Yates has surpassed himself in terms of form. His farewell to the heroes of devastated Hogwarts is shot through with an epic breath that JK Rowling's novel does not display. The show is definitely magical.
