{"id":524,"date":"2014-07-26T09:49:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=524"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:45:07","slug":"the-intouchables-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"The Intouchables-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Intouchables-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Olivier Nakache, \u00c9ric Toledano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #135<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70232180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70232180-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70232180\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70232180-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70232180.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 26, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Intouchables (2011) is a French comedy-drama that tells the story of a wealthy, intelligent quadriplegic man named Philippe (Olivier Nakache), who hires a poor, angry black man named Driss (Omar Sy), who is uninterested in the position, as his caregiver.<\/p>\n<p>The film is a story about their bond and friendship, and it&#8217;s a buddy movie.<\/p>\n<p>What starts as simply an employer\/employee relationship turns into something much deeper.<\/p>\n<p>The Intouchables received rave reviews and was a huge hit in France, but for me, it disappoints, and I am not getting the love for this movie.<\/p>\n<p>I found the message and theme of the story dated- yet another film about a wealthy, sophisticated white man taking a working-class, volatile black man under his wing and the black man helping him achieve some self-fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>The Blind Side (2009) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) have done this before, along with countless other films.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, they become close friends, but the stereotypical racial dynamic is prevalent. How many more times must modern film show this dynamic?<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say that the film is poorly made. The relationship between the two men and the blend of their respective cultures is charming and, at times, heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p>The way Driss helps Philippe find the courage to meet a woman he has been writing letters a is nice.<\/p>\n<p>The views of Paris are lovely and plentiful.<\/p>\n<p>But overall, The Intouchables (2011) comes across as a stereotypical, safe, predictable film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Intouchables-2011 Director Olivier Nakache, \u00c9ric Toledano Starring Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy Scott&#8217;s Review #135 Reviewed July 26, 2014 Grade: C The Intouchables (2011) is a French comedy-drama that tells the story of a wealthy, intelligent quadriplegic man named Philippe (Olivier Nakache), who hires a poor, angry black man named Driss (Omar Sy), who is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Intouchables-2011<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,49,192,442,35,229,213,11681],"tags":[12541,12540,3348,3350,3349,3351],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-films","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-french-films","category-foreignfilms","category-foreign-comedies","category-foreign-dramas","category-paris","tag-anne-le-ny","tag-audrey-fleurot","tag-eric-toledano","tag-francois-cluzet","tag-olivier-nakache","tag-omar-sy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24263,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/24263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}