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Incredible But True

Incroyable mais vrai

2022

Quentin Dupieux

Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Anaïs Demoustier, Benoît Magimel ...

5.8

1,426

Comedy Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them : what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephanie Bunbury Deadline	"Years of events are collapsed into a long montage to fast-track us to resolution. These chopped-up glimpses of what happens next certainly fizz with energy, but I think he short-changes himself"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"Charmingly eccentric (...) 'Incredible but True' is a fun little trinket that unmistakably comes from Dupieux's far-out perspective"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"More fun from France's reigning absurdist (...) 'Incredible But True' is another good case of him marching to the beat of his own drum"
		Mark Hanson Slant	"This small, initially weird, but ultimately unreflective film ends up providing little more than evidence that Dupieux is following an artistic trajectory that's on disappointing autopilot (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Lee Marshall Screendaily	"The action suddenly shifts into a ten-minute-long montage sequence that mops up Acts Two and Three of the script. It's such a nonchalant, audacious move that Dupieux almost gets away with it"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Giddy comedy (...) I found myself laughing quite a lot of the time. The sheer silliness and zen pointlessness is entertaining (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"Dupieux should be commended for dreaming up something new (...) [This] film ultimately concerns our fear of decay, even as it can slip into murky waters"
		Ben Croll IndieWire	"Dupieux returns with another singular, small-scaled achievement (...) A pleasant, and almost bittersweet aftertaste; it almost leaves you wanting more. Which is just as well: Dupieux has already wrapped his next feature film"
		Jon Mendelsohn CBR	"The film doesn't just feel unique in its story but in its tone and structure as well (...) Filmmaker Quentin Dupieux delivers another wholly unique and worthwhile movie-watching experience"
		Elena Lazic The Playlist	"Few directors are better equipped to make an interesting and entertaining film in the middle of a pandemic than Quentin Dupieux (...) [He] continues on his recent string of cost-effective but impactful films"
		Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"[It] is perhaps a bit more wistful than the filmmakers previous work, but remains a funny adventure to the weird corners of Dupieux's endless imagination"
		Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"A bit less polished than some of his previous stories, and it also feels hurried. By the end, the narrative speeds up so much that it threatens to spin out of control (...) One of his most melancholic, emotionally complex films"

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