An optimistic film...

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2006)

A new teacher comes to a boarding school for orphans and difficult children. He'll try to endear himself to them by creating a choir.
As you can see the argument is in broad terms the same you've watched in dozens of movies, the characters are a little bit stereotyped (a good teacher, an evil director, a bad guy that eventually turns into the teacher's best friend...). Anyway, is there anything left to talk about in cinema or in literature? No, there's not. I think almost everything's been told by now.
So "Les choristes" is not the most original film ever , but the film-making is pretty nice and is full of tender, sense of humor, optimism and good values. It was one of the most successful European movies of the last year, the film everybody's been talking about round here. Those who like chorale music will be specially thrilled, and the rest of you will have a nice time with a good and kind movie, with such remarkable actors.
*My rate: 7/10