Seducing Dr. Lewis

Starring:Raymond Bouchard, Dominic Michon-Dagenais, Guy-Daniel Tremblay, Nadia Drouin, Rita Lafontaine, Roc LaFortune, Réal Bossé, Guy Vaillancourt, Lucie Laurier, Pierre Collin, Ken Scott, Jean-Pierre Gonthier, Benoît Brière, Marc Legault, Caroline Girard, Betty Jones, Denis Houle, Claude Gasse (II), Bruno Blanchet, Nadia Roswell
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Studio: Fox Lorber
Product Type: DVD
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
Seducing Dr. Lewis makes a pleasant addition to the quirky subgenre of what might be called "village comedies"--movies in which the oddball residents of a small village must work together to perpetrate some mild scam or bit of mischief (examples abound, from Waking Ned Devine to Saving Grace to Local Hero). The isolated Canadian community of St.-Marie-La-Mauderne desperately needs a new industry, but the factory they're trying to win requires a resident doctor. When a young doctor from Montreal (David Boutin) gets blackmailed into spending a month in the village, the prickly inhabitants go overboard to woo him--they learn to cook Beef Stroganoff, form a cricket team, and tap his phone. It's all a bit preposterous, but that's part of the charm; this kind of movie thrives on being just a tiny bit over the top. The daffy doings keep one foot on the ground thanks to a combination of skilled character actors (like Raymond Bouchard, who plays the town's struggling mayor) and mysterious girls (like Lucie Laurier, the beautiful postmistress). Fans of The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain will find much to enjoy here. --Bret Fetzer
Description
Jean-Francois Pouliot's Sundance Film Festival award-winning film is the beguiling story of a ragtag fishing community on a tiny, impoverished island who must persuade a young Montreal-based doctor to live in their town in order to get a much needed factory. And thus the seduction of the young Doctor Lewis (David Boutin) begins, as the entire village works to convince a big-city, cosmopolitan doctor that this isolated village is the ideal place to live. From pretending to love cricket to preparing a "Festival de Beef Stroganoff, (his favorite dish)" the villagers will do anything they can to keep Dr. Lewis. However, as Dr. Lewis begins to fall under their spell, will they end up going too far?
Average customer rating:
- Wonderful Canadian Story!
- A funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you...
- WONDERFULLY FUNNY & CHARMING
- A Comedy for the Quebec-Lover in You
<3
- SEDUCING DR LEWIS
|
Seducing Dr. Lewis
Starring: Raymond Bouchard , Dominic Michon-Dagenais , Guy-Daniel Tremblay , Nadia Drouin , and Rita Lafontaine
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
French
| By Original Language
| Art House & International
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Art House & International
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Canada
| By Country
| Art House & International
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Comedy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Cons & Scams
| By Theme
| Comedy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Small Town Life
| By Theme
| Comedy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Comedy of Errors
| By Theme
| Comedy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Down on Their Luck
| By Theme
| Comedy
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Drama
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Lafortune, Roc
| ( L )
| Actors & Actresses
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Laurier, Lucie
| ( L )
| Actors & Actresses
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Scott, Ken
| ( S )
| Actors & Actresses
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
World Class Cinema
| Wellspring Home Video
| Studio Specials
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
General
| Foreign & International
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Canada
| By Country
| Foreign & International
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
French
| By Original Language
| Foreign & International
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Comedy
| By Theme
| Foreign & International
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
DVDs Under $14.99
| Today's Deals in DVD
| Special Features
| DVD
| Video
( S )
| Titles
| Features
| DVD
| Video
Similar Items:
- The Chorus (Les Choristes)
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- The Closet
- The Dinner Game
- Russian Dolls
ASIN: B0006H30F4
Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Amazon.com
Seducing Dr. Lewis makes a pleasant addition to the quirky subgenre of what might be called "village comedies"--movies in which the oddball residents of a small village must work together to perpetrate some mild scam or bit of mischief (examples abound, from Waking Ned Devine to Saving Grace to Local Hero). The isolated Canadian community of St.-Marie-La-Mauderne desperately needs a new industry, but the factory they're trying to win requires a resident doctor. When a young doctor from Montreal (David Boutin) gets blackmailed into spending a month in the village, the prickly inhabitants go overboard to woo him--they learn to cook Beef Stroganoff, form a cricket team, and tap his phone. It's all a bit preposterous, but that's part of the charm; this kind of movie thrives on being just a tiny bit over the top. The daffy doings keep one foot on the ground thanks to a combination of skilled character actors (like Raymond Bouchard, who plays the town's struggling mayor) and mysterious girls (like Lucie Laurier, the beautiful postmistress). Fans of The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain will find much to enjoy here. --Bret Fetzer
Description
Jean-Francois Pouliot's Sundance Film Festival award-winning film is the beguiling story of a ragtag fishing community on a tiny, impoverished island who must persuade a young Montreal-based doctor to live in their town in order to get a much needed factory. And thus the seduction of the young Doctor Lewis (David Boutin) begins, as the entire village works to convince a big-city, cosmopolitan doctor that this isolated village is the ideal place to live. From pretending to love cricket to preparing a "Festival de Beef Stroganoff, (his favorite dish)" the villagers will do anything they can to keep Dr. Lewis. However, as Dr. Lewis begins to fall under their spell, will they end up going too far?
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Canadian Story!.......2007-05-14
For those who are looking for a funny, Canadian story, this is it. Yes, it has subtitles, but it is both charming and delightful. I highly recommend it!!
A funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you..........2006-12-08
"Seducing Dr. Lewis" (2002) is a French Canadian film that I enjoyed, and that is likely to please the spectator that simply wants to be entertained. From my point of view, this is a funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you.
The story takes place in a remote and very small village, St. Marie-La-Mauderne, where people cannot find work and must ask for welfare checks. That makes them extremely sad, almost gloomy, because for them a job means dignity, and that is something they don't think they have.
Thanksfully, hope appears for the citizens of St. Marie-La-Mauderne in the form of a project to build a factory. Unfortunately, there is a condition they will need to fulfill, as the factory will only be built if they can find a doctor that wants to live in their town.
Of course, when chance brings Dr. Lewis to their little town for a short séjour, the citizens of St. Marie-La-Mauderne are extremely happy, and prepared to do everything to make him realize that their town is an ideal place to live. How far will they go? Well, just rent this dvd and watch. It won't be boring :)
Belen Alcat
WONDERFULLY FUNNY & CHARMING.......2006-08-12
This movie is simply entertaining and funny. There is nothing in it that you have to overthink or try to figure out...just sit back and enjoy...and laugh! We just need more movies like this...why doesn't hollywood get that!?
A Comedy for the Quebec-Lover in You
<3.......2006-06-02
**Being a current student of French studying Quebecois culture, I chose to write this review in French, for the Francophones who may feel a little left out on the critique of one of their own movies.**
« La Grande Séduction » est une grande comédie québécoise qu'on doit voir bientôt. La ville Sainte Marie La Moderne dans le nord du Québec était en ruines, avec tout le monde en sécurité sociale et en chômage. Mais le maire de la ville, Germain Lesage (Raymond Bouchard) a de l'espoir pour leur ville. Il veut qu'une fabrique vienne pour donner du travail et les negotions encore un fois. Mais pour cela d'arriver, on a besoin d'un docteur pour le peuple. Quand un jeune homme, le Docteur Lewis (David Boutin) écrit qu'il arrive pour voir la ville, les gens font une grande opération pour lui plaisir. Ils ont changée toute la ville pour être ce qu'il aime, et le docteur vraiment commence d'aimer la belle ville marinière. A la fin, le jeune docteur compte rendu de ce que tout est une mensonge- mais avec les meilleures intentions. Il décide de vivre dans la ville et travailler comme leur docteur. C'est vraiment une bonne fin.
Ce film est génial pour beaucoup de raisons, la première est le choix des acteurs. Ils démontrent physiquement les différences culturelles entre les régions du même pays. Le jeune docteur Smith est de la grande ville, Montréal, et il a beaucoup de savoir faire et il ne sait rien de la vie rurale. Il est beau et les choses matérielles sont importantes pour lui, au départ. A l'autre coté sont les gens de la Sainte Marie, surtout Germain et Yvon (Pierre Collin), qui ont les visages de ceux qui ont travail pour beaucoup d'ans. Ils sont durs de constitution et de mots, avec beaucoup de rides, et ils ne savent rien de la vie urbaine. Les deux cotés des hommes sont à la même fois naïve de la vie de l'autre.
L'interprétation faite pour les acteurs était très bonne aussi, parce qu'ils sont les acteurs québécois très connus. Bien sur, l'utilisation d'une ville réel dans le nord du Québec a donne au film une sentiment de la familiarité et réalité- ce n'est pas une scène crée pour Hollywood. Les gens de la ville peuvent être les gens de n'importe pas ville; parce que toujours la famille, le travail, et le bonheur sont les choses le plus importantes. C'est très important que ce film a les acteurs vraiment québécois, parce qu'ils ont besoin de représentation dans le monde cinématique. Petit à petit, avec les films réussis pour tout le monde comme ce film ci, le Québec toujours accumule le respect qu'elle mérite.
La musique est une composante essentielle de chaque film, qui peut donner une certaine émotion au lecteur. La bande sonore de La Grande Séduction est une belle mélange des émotions qui incluent la tristesse, le bonheur, la fête, et le réflexion, tout a travers du ton, du son et du rythme de la musique. Jean-Marie Benoît, le compositeur, nous donne le sentiment de vivre dans cette petite ville qui est rustique et calme, et aussi nous donne le sens de la vie urbaine de Montréal, qui est complètement le contraire.
Ce film n'est pas une histoire originale, mais c'est une comédie propre que toute la famille peut apprécier. Les personnages sont très connus et semblables de nous-mêmes, de chaque personnage qui apparaît dans la vie actuelle. La bande sonore est le parfait fonde pour un voyage au nord du Québec. Et les rôles joués pour les acteurs sont géniaux et amusants à la fois. On veut voir ce film pour rire et pour voir un peu de la vie québécoise qu'est normalement cachée.
SEDUCING DR LEWIS.......2006-03-21
SEDUCING DR LEWIS by Jean-François Pouliot
The Brits love French films when the French show their shortcomings or their typical way of tackling a problem they have created. There is more than that in this film. French Canada: a tiny, isolated, impoverished but VERY happy village far from the madding crowd and limited by the ocean. They were promised a factory if they have a doctor. (I won't say who's doing his job!). Unfortunately, no doctors fancy moving there despite their desperate attempts. Then Destiny chose poor young Dr Lewis to be sent, shall I say sentenced for a year in the happy village. The population will stop at nothing to make him happy enough to want to stay. For them the end justifies the means. As they find out -in an unorthodox way- that Dr Lewis is a fan of cricket, they decide to learn it thanks to the unique computer of the village. And they will make a lot more sacrifices and concessions.
Five reasons to watch this film:
Funny from beginning to end
French countrymen learning the esoteric rules of cricket.
Bribes reaching remote corners
People determined to save their home with a ruthless solidarity
A story to relieve stress and make your morbid view of humanity change in minutes.
DVD:
- The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
- Mister Roberts
- Dracula - Dead and Loving It
- Anger Management (Full Screen Edition)
- Scary Movie
- Captain Ron
- One Night with Dice
- Drumline (Full Screen Edition)
- An Evening with Kevin Smith
- The Mask (New Line Platinum Series)
DVD List
DVD
DVD
Man With the Movie Camera
Fist Of Legend : Video
Dennis The Menace And Gnasher - Vol. 1
DVD: Terrified
Cool Runnings