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Ridicule
SummaryTo get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Ridicule

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80
95% Positive
19 Reviews
5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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TV Guide Magazine
Perfectly gorgeous and perfectly nasty.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Brevity is the soul of wit, lingerie and Ridicule, a keen and silky costume drama set circa 1783 in Versailles. [06 Dec 1996, p.03]
88
Chicago Sun-Times
What is fascinating about Ridicule is that so much depends on language, and so little is really said.
80
The New York Times
As written by Remi Waterhouse, who draws on real historical detail here, Ridicule satirizes this world of absurd protocol while it proves that skewering fatuousness and snobbery, however obviously, is never out of style.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Ridicule gently suggests that the culture of sound bites has deep roots.
75
ReelViews
For those who appreciate movies with a bite, Ridicule shows its teeth early and keeps them razor-sharp throughout.
60
Time Out
Rather deliberately paced, and mired in archaic and abstruse puns, the film is perhaps more interesting than enjoyable. Still, Leconte's customary zest and mordant humour are there, lurking behind the claustrophobic production design and free-spirited camerawork.
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  • Epithète Films
  • Cinéa
  • France 3 Cinéma
  • Canal+
  • Sofica Investimage 4
  • PolyGram Audiovisuel
  • Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
  • Gras Savoye
  • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Nov 22, 1996
1 h 42 m
R
Il n'epargne personne.
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 4 Wins & 12 Nominations
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