Dialogue Avec Mon Jardinier

Dialogue Avec Mon Jardinier (Conversations With My Gardener) is an extremely funny film, a true comedy for the more mature, instead of targeted on teenagers and full of rude jokes like most films of the group actors like Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell belong to. Those films mostly present the stupid funny, with characters that are very stereotypical and wear crazy costumes and make-up. Dialogue is far from those type of comedies in a way that you would prefer to not even call it a comedy as the type of comedies Vaughn and Co. make nowadays seem to be the somewhat definition of the genre unless they're romantic comedies. But Dialogue is indeed a comedy, though maybe it's preferable to call it a light drama with comedic elements, a real film with heart. It's about friendship and features a lot of witty dialogue between the two main characters (hence the title) which the film seems to spur out effortlessly. I enjoyed every second of it and with me the entire audience in a cinema that was completely sold out. Though afterwards taking a look at Imdb I noticed Dialogue is an adaptation of a novel by author Jean Becker. Taking this into account you do have the tendency to view the film differently as you start to wonder if the witty dialogue comes straight out of the novel, making the film thus feel less fresh and original as you thought it was when watching it. Though, I haven't read the book, so I can't say how close adaptation and original stand to each other. I can say, however, that Dialogue is an extremely funny and enjoyable film with two very well constructed two main characters wonderfully played by actors Daniel Auteuil and Jeanne-Pierre Darroussin. Especially the latter is perfectly cast as 'Dujardin' being extremely sympathetic, a real man from the countryside, and making Auteil's character 'Dupinceau' realize that even when being less educated you can still carry with you a lot of knowledge and he ends up learning a lot from his childhood friend. Dialgue Avec Mon Jardinier makes for a very touching film, which will easily win audiences over. Seems like positive word of mouth filled the not usually sold out cinema I saw it at.

Verdict: An extremely funny film with two very enjoyable main characters. A wonderful film about friendship, perfectly executed. A real treat which focuses on clever dialogue and well rounded characters instead of action fare and shock effects.