Viens chez moi, j’habite chez une copine (1981) - film review

When he loses his job and then his lodging, Guy turns up on the doorstep of his best friend Daniel and asks if he can stay for a few days.  Daniel and his girlfriend Françoise agree but soon regret their gesture of kindness.  Guy pushes his friends’ patience and generosity to the limit by inviting a string of one-night stands back to the apartment...

Exemplary performances from Michel Blanc and Bernard Giraudeau transform a routine comedy into a delightful comic romp, under the skilful direction of Patrice Leconte.  Less anarchic than Leconte’s previous Les Bronzés films, Viens chez moi has the advantage of being somewhat better written and better performed – in short, much nearer to the sophisticated comedies with which Leconte is now better associated.   Blanc and Giraudeau work together surprisingly well, showing a complicity that makes both of their characters sympathetic and credible.  In addition to some very witty dialogue, the film is best remembered for is visual jokes – such as those which abound in the night visit to Guy’s loft apartment from Hell.  All in all, a likeable and pretty undemanding little film.

© James Travers 2004

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