An Excellent Movie

Do yourself a favor and rent this film: "The Intouchables."  It's french, it has subtitles and it is one of the best movies I have seen in a long, long time.  Based on a true story, it tells of a rich quadriplegic who hires a caretaker who is outside of the realm of most caretakers.  This guy knows nothing about taking care of anyone, has a criminal record and is barely literate.  But the reason he is hired is because of all those things, not in spite of them.  The man in the chair doesn't want anyone feeling sorry for him and the caretaker doesn't.  The two of them form a great bond, a   relationship built of mutual respect and it has everything a good movie needs: great script, great actors, great filming. It is laugh-out-loud funny, poignant when necessary, real, uplifting but definitely not a "redemption" movie. It's just a really good movie.  Almost a perfect movie in my estimation.  I loved it, which I rarely say.

 

 

 

thank you Tom, for the recommendation.

 

 

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