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| 20th Century Fox | Release Date: April 25, 1986 |
Starring:
André Dussollier, Annick Alane, Dominique Lavanant, Gwendoline Mourlet, Jennifer Moret, Josine Comellas, Marthe Villalonga, Michel Boujenah, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Roland Giraud
Director Coline Serreau has a deft touch with sugary material. Her Three Men and a Cradle is a slick, confident comedy that moves from point to predictable point without a surprise, but moves so gently and gracefully that it seems by the end something more than it is. [23 May 1986, p.D5]
A simple equation, perhaps, but when it comes to comedy, simpler is frequently funnier. This formula has already worked beautifully in France, where the movie has broken all box-office records and has won three Cesars (the French equivalent of the Oscar) including one for best picture.
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3 Men and a Cradle is in fact a dated farce with designer cinematography. [25 April 1986, p.D1]
Serreau directs for maximum freneticism, with her actors rushing around and regurgitating great torrents of imperfectly subtitled dialogue (a gratuitous subplot involving drug traffickers seems to have been inserted just to double the hysteria), and while there are more than a few laughs, most of them are laughs of recognition—seeing these gags again is like coming across long-lost (and vaguely embarrassing) relations.
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