Universal to remake Mon Meilleur Ami
One of the best films I saw at TIFF last fall was Mon Meilleur Ami (2006). It was just released in France and hasn’t even played in North America but it’s reportedly going to be remade by Universal Studios (Brian Grazer to produce).
Monika Bartyzel of Cinematical sums up my feelings when she asks, “why on earth must Hollywood continue to re-make overseas films without giving them a chance here?”
Mon Meilleur Ami is a terrifci French film. Try to see the original if you can before it is remade with Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey or whoever Brian Grazer decides to cast. Hopefully an American version of this film never sees the light of day. My review of the film is here.
Thanks to James for the link to Cinematical — a great blog on the film industry.
Stumble It!Posted in Movies at 10:10 AM
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What? You mean you don’t like EVERYTHING with the Great American Taint? Everything to have the same laugh track (FRIENDS: every 2.5 seconds)? The same writing, the same joke, the same characters?
You prefer one cheese, and one cheeseburger to put it on?
- French Kiss
What galls me most is the American attitude that says if something is not American, it couldn’t possibly be any good. I was livid when I found out that NBC wanted to make an American version of The Office. They couldn’t just leave well enough alone. They HAD to Americanize it.
Then I saw the NBC version and I actually LIKE it, which upset me even more.
Posted by: Shiz on February 15, 2007 3:06 PM
