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Public Friends

Public Friends

Comedy · 2016

In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.

Movie details

Public Friends

“Big heart Robbers !”

2016 Comedy 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

4.9 / 10

528 votes

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Edouard Pluvieux

Written by

Kev Adams · John Eledjam · Grégory Boutboul

Kev Adams

Kev Adams

Léo

Vincent Elbaz

Vincent Elbaz

Bartoloméo

Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel

Ben

Chloé Coulloud

Chloé Coulloud

Ana

John Eledjam

John Eledjam

Franck

Majid Berhila

Majid Berhila

Lounès

Anne Suarez

Anne Suarez

Madam Commissioner

Court is in session

Put Public Friends on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.