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The Life Coach

2009 · 92 min

A breezy French comedy that coasts on charm and mild embarrassment, easy to watch but rarely surprising.

Overview
Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and his wife throws him out, he is approached to take on a unique client.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • addiction
  • work
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Olivier Doran
Starring
Jean-Paul Rouve, Richard Berry, Anne Marivin, Mélanie Bernier, Didier Bezace, Juliette Poissonnier, Florence Pernel, Jacques Boudet
Runtime
92 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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