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The World Is Yours
Le Monde est à toi
2018 94 min France R 18+
★7.0
Comedy, Crime
Director: Romain Gavras
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Description
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
Starring
Karim Leklou
Actor
Isabelle Adjani
Actor
Vincent Cassel
Actor
Awards
César Awards 2019
— Most Promising Actor
César Awards 2019
— Best Supporting Actress
Key opinion
Romain Gavras's 'The World Belongs to You' is a stylistic crime-comedy that blends music-video energy with traditional heist tropes. While some viewers enjoy its fast-paced, irreverent take on French street life and veteran performances, others find the narrative structure disjointed and the characterizations thin.
| Acting | The supporting performances by Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Cassel are strong, providing gravitas that anchors the otherwise flighty material. | |
| Direction | The film utilizes a visual aesthetic heavily influenced by the director's background in music videos, resulting in a distinct, high-energy style. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is viewed through a polarized lens: some appreciate the tight, pay-off-heavy plotting, while others criticize it as an incoherent collection of clichés and weak dialogue. | |
| Originality | The protagonist, François, is a point of contention, with some seeing him as a relatable, flawed criminal and others dismissing him as a vapid and uninteresting lead. |