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Thierry Lhermitte has 28 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Dinner Game.
Grandma's Boy
2006
Comedy
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Dir. Francis Veber · With Jacques Villeret, Thierry Lhermitte, Francis Huster
In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.
Dir. Patrice Leconte · With Thierry Lhermitte, Michel Blanc, Christian Clavier
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a cross-dresser visit their office.
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · With Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Anémone
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
Dir. Philippe Galland · With Thierry Lhermitte, Anémone, Gérard Jugnot
Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.
Dir. Patrice Leconte · With Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot
A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
Dir. Claude Zidi · With Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Régine
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte
A rebellious teenager must travel the country with his sick grandpa to get to his basketball game.
Dir. Robin Sykes · With Thierry Lhermitte, Rayane Bensetti, Émilie Caen
as Dr. Thierry Pigot
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
Dir. Anthony Waller · With Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf
When their druid forgets how to prepare the magic potion, Asterix and Obelix must defend the village as Caesar plots to use a Gallic law against them.
Dir. Alain Chabat · With Alain Chabat, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
Dir. Claude Zidi · With Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Grace de Capitani
Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up with his girlfriend, the two of them get drunker together, going across Paris in search of more alcohol and adventure.
Dir. Bernard Nauer · With Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot
Flanked by their two children, Simon and Adélaïde decide, like many Parisians today, to leave their two-room apartment for a quieter and more comfortable life in the country. They are seduced by a house in the middle of nature: space, a vegetable garden, a wood adjoining their garden and above all villagers who welcome them with open arms. A dream come true! But the young couple was soon to be disillusioned: the wood was actually a hunting ground for big game! Although the hunters are friendly, they are not willing to give up their territory, making Simon and Adélaïde's dream of the countryside a living hell. But true to their reputation, our Parisians are not going to let them do it.
Dir. Antonin Fourlon, Frédéric Forestier · With Hakim Jemili, Camille Lou, Didier Bourdon
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier · With Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
Dir. Claude Zidi · With Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?
Dir. Hervé Palud · With Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !
Dir. Laurent Bouhnik · With Daniel Auteuil, Valérie Lemercier, Thierry Lhermitte
Marilou and Philippe prepare for their future retirement in Portugal. But their daughter separates and a whole procession of solicitations falls on them.
Dir. Fabrice Bracq · With Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Judith Magre
Marilou and Philippe decide to show their grandchildren their new holiday home in Portugal. But once there, they discover to their horror that the house is still under construction. This is just the beginning of the problems for the grandparents, because soon they will lose their children. They have only two days left to find them, before their parents join them.
Dir. Fabrice Bracq · With Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Nicolas Martinez
How to live happy and rich without working? To be Gigolo. But after 25 years of living with Denise, Alex the "gigolo" gets fired without notice and finds himself on the street. Forced to move to his sister and his nephew of 10 years, he then has an obsession: find quickly a rich heiress.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Kad Merad, Anne Charrier, Léopold Moati
A young man meets his soon-to-be in-laws but discovers behind their proud and wealthy appearances some deep issues and lies.
Dir. Jérôme Commandeur, Alan Corno · With Arthur Dupont, Déborah François, Thierry Lhermitte
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant goes in search of the best agent for the investigation. In the middle of this hot summer, only the arrogant and incompetent agent Boullin is available... To catch the suspect and solve the mystery, he will have no choice but to impersonate a newly hired butler and will turn everyone’s vacation into a hilarious game of ‘Cluedo’!
Dir. Nicolas Benamou · With Christian Clavier, Benoît Poelvoorde, Thierry Lhermitte
as Robert "Popeye" Lespinasse · Writer
After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
Dir. Patrice Leconte · With Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
Dir. James Ivory · With Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Dir. Raffy Shart · With Michaël Youn, Hélène de Fougerolles, Thierry Lhermitte
A man goes on an all-inclusive vacation to the Caribbean and finds out he must share his room with someone else.
Dir. Fabien Onteniente · With Franck Dubosc, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Lhermitte
Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.
Dir. Kheiron · With Kheiron, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Darmon
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