Product Description

In Times Have Been Better, the French comedy, Jeremy excels at everything. While only 30 he has just been promoted to an executive position at the bank. In his parents' eyes he's the golden child, much to the chagrin of his younger brother, Robin, who has been the only one in the family privy to Jeremy's sexual predilections.

But when Jeremy unexpectedly stops by for Sunday Brunch and announces that he's just moved in with, well, his boyfriend, things begin to percolate: Jeremy's parents always fancied themselves as progressive and liberal. After this piece of news - not so much. They embark on a comical quest to find out what caused Jeremy's homosexuality.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56962 in DVD
• Brand: WOLFE VIDEO
• Released on: 2007-09-25
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

Features

• Robin's older brother Jeremy has always been the pride of the family. At just 30, he's already an executive at the bank where he works. That's why, when Jeremy spills the beans that he's gay, his family embarks on a quest to find the cause and cure to Jeremy's so-called affliction. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 667443580140 UPC: 6

Customer Reviews

Loved This
I can't believe it took this long for the DVD to arrive in the US (Sept 07) since it feels like ages ago that I saw this movie in Paris -- then took friends to see it in Toronto -- and then dragged friends to see it in NYC.

This is a wonderful and fun little film about what happens when you think you are going to get one type of reaction from loved ones, but get the opposite reaction instead, with hilarious result.

The cast is uniformly terrific, and I am sure that this movie will eventually be remade in the US with a US-based english-speaking cast...but it will be hard to beat the talented and charming cast in this French film.

Loved it loved it loved it. Highly recommended.

"Liberal" Parents
"Times Have Been Better"

"Liberal" Parents

Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride

Due out on September 25 from Picture This Entertainment is a wonderful French comedy about a 30 year old guy who breaks the news to his parents that he has a boyfriend...and he tells them during brunch.
We have had many movies about coming-out but "Times Have Been Better" in that it is unique because it deals with an adult doing so. The cast of the movie is made up of three very hot men--a 30 year old yuppie, his very handsome 40 year old boyfriend and his very cute and understanding teenaged brother.
Jeremy, the 30 year old, has always excelled at everything and has just been promoted to an executive position at the bank where he works. His parents regard him as a golden child. They do not know that he is gay--in fact, the only member of the family that knows is his younger brother, Robin. Comes that fateful morning when Jeremy stops at his parents' home for brunch that hr tells them that he is moving in with his boyfriend. Things heat up and Jeremy's folks who have always thought of themselves as liberals and progressive do not take the news well. Each of the parents accuses the other of knowing about their son and not telling. Now they want to find out what caused Jeremy to be gay. Rosine, Jeremy's mom, goes to a co-worker for advice and Guy, his dad, talks to his tennis buddies from whom he gets a few answers. Robin is elated as he is no longer the black sheep of the family. New drama arises from the entire situation and the parents take out their frustrations on the younger son. Will this family ever be the same after the "shocking" news?
The film is an absolute delight from start to finish and I think that what makes it so delightful is that it is a situation we can all recognize. It is not easy to tell the parents and one never knows what the reaction will be. Here it is exactly the opposite of what was expected.
The cast is superb--especially Charlotte de Turckheim as Rosine, the mother. Also outstanding is Bernard de Coq (I did not make that name up) as Guy, the father. The three men will capture your heart and your eyes and all in al this is simply a fun film.

a blast!!!
it was incredible watching this movie even with the language barrier..it didnt even matter. subtitles do help but for me i could just feel what the older brother was going through not by my own experience. But just by seeing how they were reacting to each other as they were filming and how the actors and actresses all worked together to bring across a movie that while funny and dramatic. Also has some scenes that get you pissed again i'm not one to go telling specific scenes in the movie. But i will say that the father of the older son first seems cool with his son telling him and mother that he's gay.

But as you progress further into the film he starts losing it, lashing out, slapping his younger son (also a delight to watch in this movie) for something about the lawn. it is interesting to see how folks really react and feel to a situation not what they are thinking and think that person wants to hear. It just came across so well and made a huge impression on me long after it was over. I cant help hope to see all the people in this movie again in something as good as Times Have Been Better. But its highly rated and recommended by me for rent and then a purchase afterwards. It will draw in folks no matter what their sexual preference is.

Loved it!!!!