L'année du requin

Absolutely awful comedy in actual fact it really is not a comedy and I cannot even see why it would be billed as a comedy. They have two of the funniest comedians France has at the moment Kad Merad and Marina Foïs are incredibly funny comedians but here none of their skills are used.

This was to be expected here this is not a film about a shark off the coast of south-west France it is a film about population perception of a threat and this is made right after the two years of Covid and it is really an allegory of what happens when a population is threatened by an external enemy real or otherwise and this is really to me what this is about how people take sides people decide what is harmful who is harmful it becomes a bitching marathon a sort of they are doing this because of that kind of deal.

Not entirely sure this was conscious by the writers of this film but to me at the metalevel this is obviously what this is talking about... So forget the sharks forget the lipservice jibes about global warming aka climate short-change but instead focus on population reactions

Having said that it is nonetheless an absolute piece of trite rubbish with some of the best actors again must be said totally underused misused it is a shocker I give it a score of one or two tops. It has no pulse of rhythm at any point.

A shameful display.

"The Year of the Shark" is a drama that makes you smile, a comedy that does not make you laugh, a toothless shark film that makes Bruno Mattéi's "Cruel Jaws" reevaluate, and which it is unworthy to compare to the yet uneven series of "Jaws". Incredible but true: "Jaws 3D" and "Jaws 4: The Revenge" are good films compared to "'The Year of the Shark'"! Admittedly, French "genre" cinema has not always shone with its dazzling successes, its indisputable masterpieces, but in the case of "The Year of the Shark" we can speak of a complete failure as the film fails in all registers and bores its viewer, because of the lack of a decent screenplay, direction and rhythm.

As I'm writing this review, there's just another one here about this movie and damn it's harsh!

No, it's not a masterpiece as Jaws or other shark movies can be.. Wait a minute, is there any other masterpiece in this genre ? Anyway, there are some very smart camera moves and really good use of short focal length lenses. I've been impressed several times of how intelligent some stuff are revealed on the screen.

Some actors are not that great and some shots feel a bit off, but it doesn't make this movie a bad one. It's honest and sincere and not "woke" (Damn, I hate this word) at all ! I had a pretty good time watching it and you might have one too.

And don't forget that you might need a bigger boat !

Can you make a movie about a seaside resort terrorized - or at least thrown off kilter - by a killer shark and not take *Jaws* into account? That's the question this movie posed for me. It does not, in any way that I caught, make reference to, much less offer a parody of, the famous horror film. That for me was a problem because it then becomes just another movie on the same subject, with radically reduced resources. The script offers no interesting new angles. So why bother?

If you're going to tackle the same subject as a very well-known film, you can either parody the predecessor or try to outdo it. This film did neither. So what was the point?

First off I am French so I watched it in French language.

It is supposed to be a comedy but it is not funny (dialogues, situations, etc... all are not funny) , it is excessively woke , the acting and production quality are below par.

AVOID don't waste your time or money !!

1/10.