Réalisation:
David Gordon GreenPhotographie:
Tim OrrMusique:
Steve JablonskyActeurs·trices:
Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Damian Lewis, Charles Dance, Toby Jones, Brian Steele, Eva Wyrwal (plus)VOD (4)
Résumés(1)
À travers les âges, les récits d'aventures ont édifié l'image du vaillant chevalier, prompt à secourir les damoiselles en détresse, à combattre les dragons et à venir à bout de tous les maux de la terre. Mais derrière chaque figure héroïque se cache un frérot empoté dont le seul mot d'ordre est d'éviter tous les risques hardiment défiés par son aîné. Thadeous a grandi dans l'ombre de Fabious, le premier-né et prétendant au trône, dont les exploits sans cesse renouvelés lui valent l'adoration de son peuple. Las de se voir dénier le prestige, les révérences et une ascension possible à la couronne, Thadeous s'adonne aux plaisirs faciles que lui procurent les herbes magiques, les potions alcoolisées et les jouvencelles de petite vertu, jusqu'au jour où la promise de Fabious et future reine Belladonna disparaît aux mains de l'infâme sorcier Leezar. Sa majesté de père livre enfin à sa chiffe molle de fils un ultimatum: se ressaisir et aider son aîné à délivrer sa bien-aimée ou se voir banni du royaume. Notre pétochard de Thadeous s'embarque à contrecœur dans sa première épopée aux côtés de Fabious. princesse en péril. (Universal International FR)
(plus)Critiques (11)
La bande-annonce est assez trompeuse à cet égard, car la plupart des blagues sont des allusions au sexe, à l'homosexualité, à la masturbation et aux parties génitales. Les personnages secondaires sont pervers. Parfois amusant, parfois gênant, certainement pas normal. Il en va de même pour le film dans son intégralité.
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“Magic. Motherfucker!” An idiosyncratic approach to the fantasy genre in which the situations known from such films are spiced up with assorted variations of the word “fuck” and jokes based on somewhat juvenile awareness of the sexual differences between men and women and the possibility of copulation between one sex and the other (in other words: vagina here, penis there and a lot of fucking). This approach isn’t very laborious, as it derives comedy exclusively from the uttering of words that are inappropriate in the given context. With a success rate of one out of every three or four attempts, there are many deaf spots in the film, not to mention the highly misogynistic ogling and treatment of the female characters. I was entertained in places and I recognised the amount of money invested in the money shots (though greater cheapness and self-deprecation wouldn’t have hurt anything), but this is something that I didn’t like enough that I would want to see it again. 60%
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I’m certainly not a fan of teenage gratuitously vulgar humour, but, for some miraculous reason, I enjoyed Your Highness, even if all the humour relies on low-brow profanity, and Minotaur genitalia. In short, lower-grade fun, but fun nonetheless. 7/10
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I mean it when I say I’d rather see Seth Rogen as Prince Thade, but whatever. This is an unbelievable torrent of the most vulgar, cheap, and lowest form of humor that can flow out of the Hollywood cesspit, and so turning up our noses at the oppressive preachers of morality who don't find this funny is certainly appropriate. I was roaring with laughter from the very beginning, only to realize a third of the way through that the film has a well-constructed regular fantasy story, which works mainly thanks to the great set design and Jablonsky’s perfect music. I don't care whether the film is really that perfect or I just happened to be in the right mood for it, and I give it a full score without any reservations. [PS: Natalie’s bath is exactly the moment when a guy’s brain inevitably bleeds out because his heart is pumping in a completely different direction.
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Danny McBride wrote a script tailored to himself, invited some of his buddies from Pineapple Express along for the ride... and yet again, it for the most part didn't turn out well. Though I wasn't suffering too much this time, the humor aims solely at sexual innuendos, which can get boring relatively quickly on a hundred-minute running time. And that simplicity is a terrible shame, because the cinematography is actually well done, Steve Jablonsky nails it as usual, and Natalie Portman effortlessly steals every scene. A forgiving 50% and an unnecessary disappointment.
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A fairytale crossed with a toker’s comedy with the bombastic background music by Jablonsky and the amazing, breathtaking, gorgeous and wonderful Natalie Portman that has the perfect pace (the story, not Natalie) and presents us things that you would have never imagined. Or maybe you could imagine it, but you wouldn’t believe that someone could have the balls to put things like that into a movie that only a dumb and irresponsible parent would take their seven-year-old to see. P.S.: Franco’s singing is awfully out of tune.
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The main character of Your Highness = the slightly less dastardly Edmund Blackadder. The servant/companion of the main character = the slightly less stupid Baldrick, servant/companion of Edmund Blackadder. Do you think I was outraged by this "copying" of characters from my beloved Black Adder that I gave the film two stars? Wrong. It was simply the best Your Highness had to offer.____Three of the biggest pains: 1) That the characters compete throughout the film in the use (with a few exceptions) of first-rate profanity of all kinds did not add to my comedic satisfaction. The screenwriters have become unhealthily too attached to this idea and so, after some twenty minutes, instead of all this "as if inappropriate" use of the word “fuck" shocking the viewer and making him laugh, it instead annoys. 2) Cliché, cliché, cliché. The stupid story, which the screenwriters tried to mask with that one idea (see point 1), is incredibly unoriginal, although the attempt at parody is there. Sadly, it’s rare. 3) lazy direction, especially during the action scenes. Even the stuff that could rack up points for originality isn't original. Let alone entertaining. The opening with the execution is reminiscent of Pirates of the Caribbean, the scene with the Wild Wild West carriage, and the fight with the monster is reminiscent of any fight with a monster from TV's Xena. Unfortunately, everything is just a reminder - nothing revelatory happens. It’s simply boring. If the action scenes have any dynamics (the ending especially), they owe it only to Jablonsky's good (based on Zimmer's Pirates, but good) music.____The pros: Praise goes to the great Danny R. McBride, thanks to Zooey Deschanel, who played the naive, know-nothing princess very cutely, I was glad to see Damian Lewis again, although his role... Well... No point in writing about it. The aforementioned Steve Jablonsky was also a pleasure, but his soundtrack would have been much, much better if it had been played by a real big orchestra and not some electronically created imitation of him, whose sound really pulled at the ears in places. The film should be thankful for the two stars.
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Your Highness is the creepy equivalent of any American fantasy, with derivatives of the word "fuck" appearing as if on a treadmill. The plot is prosaic and all the peripeteia around it are more or less old familiar clichés in a slightly different guise. The cast is likeable, Steve Jablonsky's music is great as always and the running time is optimal. I was most impressed by the Marteetee monster and the unconventionally conceived labyrinth with the minotaur. The film tries to be different compared to its genre contemporaries, which it succeeds in certain places, but falls short in others.
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I'm at a loss. I'll admit that I laughed at times and the film was properly awkward and cringeworthy, but for most of the running time it is pretty shaky and doesn't impress in any significant way. In fact, it's a little too serious for a farce in places, and too silly for a serious fantasy. It's to the point where I feel like David Gordon Green is simply a lost director, and not only does he not have a vision of what the film should be, but he doesn't even have key details or individual scenes that would blow the viewer away and make them go "yeah, that was nice”. And I'd rather not even mention how the boy has managed to screw up the entire Halloween franchise the last few years. I don't know about you David, but it's almost like you fuck up everything you touch. But I'll throw in a second star for the occasional fun...
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Although I prefer slightly more sophisticated humor, I do appreciate an occasional stoner comedy, too. I had high expectations of Danny McBride. He often makes me laugh out loud, only this time it just didn't work out. I guess I was too hyped up and I was expecting it to be even more hilarious. Despite not living up to my expectations, I did have fun, so a 3+.
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This is such utter nonsense that it's not even nice. The film has absolutely idiotic characters, and it's unbelievable. Some of the gags are really stupid. But I can't help it, when I saw this in the movie theater, I had an incredible amount of fun with it. I literally laughed my head off during some scenes. I guess it was what I needed at the time, and it suited me perfectly.
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