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Mean Spirit

2003 · 90 min

A lightweight, silly body-swap comedy that plays its revenge plot for easy laughs and never gets too serious.

Directed by
Patrick Alessandrin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Thierry Lhermitte, Ophélie Winter, Clémentine Célarié
Overview
Vincent Poirel, a multinational executive, has won the contract to build an Olympic stadium. The original design, however, was by young architect Simon Variot. When he discovers it, he goes to the construction site and is run over by Poirel. Simon dies, but is resurrected in the body of Poirel's son, who doesn't understand why the little boy hates him so much.

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Directed by
Patrick Alessandrin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Thierry Lhermitte, Ophélie Winter, Clémentine Célarié
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Patrick Alessandrin
Written by
Patrick Alessandrin, Laurent Chouchan
Starring
Thierry Lhermitte, Ophélie Winter, Clémentine Célarié, Maria Pacôme, Michel Muller, Leonor Watling, François Levantal, Thaïs Alessandrin
Music
Loïc Dury, Christophe Minck
Cinematography
Javier Aguirresarobe
Runtime
90 min
Country
France, Spain
Languages
Cantonese, French, Polish

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