With a standing ovation at Cannes and the kind of reviews the cast could have written themselves this is a re-affirmation that audiences don't WANT cgi, s&v or mindless pap but are looking for throwbacks to simpler times when one went to the movies to be ENTERTAINED not preached/sermonised at or in search of a social conscience. The idea of flat/apartment sharing is hardly new, George Stevens dabbled in it 60 years ago with Jean Arthur moving in with Charles Coburn in war-time DC where space was at a premium. Here we have David (writer-director Emmanuel Mouret)who plays a mean French Horn and also teaches the same, sharing with Anne, Frederique Bel (also currently appearing in Camping) who falls loosely into the lovable kook category. Then Ariane Ascaride (the best thing in the film) decides that offspring Julia (Fanny Valette) might benefit from French Horn lessons and you should be able to guess the rest. Just to complicate matters Mouret throws in a second guy Julien (Danny Brilliant) and after that it's a case of perm any two from four. If light-as-air soufflé's are your thing you're almost certain to enjoy this but don't analyse it away.
Review of Change of Address
