User reviews

BEGIN RANT I'm writing this as the movie nears its end. Nothing is happening. Obviously nothing will happen. There have been 2-3 laughs and 1-2 scenes resembling a plot. And the 3 dull bourgeois chicks are bangable. I have literally nothing else to write after seeing this. Maybe this could be a precursor to Monty Python... but Python existed for a few years before this! Jesus the film still hasn't finished. I will soooo forget it, that in 10 years I will probably try to see it again, remembering half way that I already did. It could have been called "Dull people are dull", or "When do we eat?". Or "Boring people try to eat together". But it could be turned into a decent porn movie... END RANT Thank God, the end credits started rolling. I guess that watching any other film by Bunuel (haven't seen any other yet) could have been more interesting. Sorry for the rant :)

I have no idea how this film climbed to such heights of ratings on multiple sites but The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is extremely boring and I would even call it irritating past a certain point. I stuck with this classic film for at least 40 minutes and grew weary of the plotless pretentiousness of a bunch of rich people failing to have lunch, dinner or even tea or coffee together. Within that time frame there were a couple of random poisonings - which made me wonder if the entire farce was made with the intent to put people off from eating food. Maybe it's more amusing to French people - but I swear I am perfectly capable of enjoying a French language film. Just not this one.