Movie Review: THE INTOUCHABLES

I'm not one to normally watch foreign films, or as Kevin Smith likes to call them, "readers." It's not anything against them, it's just hard to focus on the screen that hard for 2 hours, especially at home. However, I usually try to watch a few every year that sound interesting to me. The one that really stood out the most from last year's release schedule was The Intouchables. 

The Intouchables is the story of a paraplegic man, Philippe (Francois Cluzet), who needs to hire a new caretaker, that's when Driss (Omar Sy) enters his life.  Omar just shows up for the interview so that he can get a signature that he applied for a job so he can get his government benefits. However, Philippe sees something in Driss and hires him on to be his caretaker. From there it's just a touching and hilarious ride to see how both of these individuals affect each others lives.

This movie completely blew me away. Not only was the story amazingly compelling but there were quite a few legitimate laugh-out-loud moments. The performances those two gave were brilliant, especially Omar Sy who has a great career ahead of him, including that he's going to be playing Bishop in the new X-Men: Days of Future Past movie.  Even if you aren't a fan of "readers," give this one a chance it's refreshingly honest and a terrific story.

Rating: 4 out of 5