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Product description 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" desertcart.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 Review: Great movie that leaves you feeling good after all the laughs. - If you liked "Waking Ned Divine", you'll almost certainly enjoy this movie, too. It's a story about a community of simple but happy people whose dignity and livelihoods are threatened by economic circumstances. To preserve their modest way of life, they must attract a doctor to their quaint fishing village, a pre-requisite for securing a bid for a new manufacturing plant that will create jobs for most of the villagers. There are plenty of laughs along the way, as the villagers think up various ruses (sometimes clever, sometimes touchingly absurd) to win over both the young doctor and the factory officials. The actor who plays the protagonist reminded me of Topal (as Tevya in "Fiddler on the Roof") or Phillipe Noiret in "Cinema Paradiso" and the brilliantly funny "Les Ripoux (My New Partner)". It's a movie guaranteed to make you laugh out loud several times and to leave you smiling at the end. A very charming Seduction. Be advised: It's in French, with optional English sub-titles, but well worth watching despite the "inconvenience" of the sub-titles. Review: Seducing Dr. Lewis - I saw this flick as a full screen movie and fell in love with it.I wanted to own a copy to watch periodically and share with friends. Given the troublesome world we have today, so full of violence, greed and sadness, just slipping this disk in and running it lightens the heart. Even the fact that it is in French with English subtitles doesn't deter it's charm for one moment. The shenanigans this little clan of islanders off the coast of Canada use to lure and retain the doctor needed, before a factory will come to the island and provide work and wages are hysterical, bringing tears of laughter to one's eyes. This is not high slapstick comedy but gentle, subtle comedy that heightens the sentimental and tender story of a group of proud working class humans efforts to once again become productive citizens of society after circumstances have demoralized and humiliated them by forcing them onto the welfare rolls. Not a flick for those seeking high thrills and action but for those needing a good laugh, a lightening of heart, and a peek, just for a moment, of life that is still communal and holds out hope.
| ASIN | B0006H30F4 |
| Actors | Dominic Michon-Dagenais, Guy-Daniel Tremblay, Nadia Drouin, Raymond Bouchard, Rita Lafontaine |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #219,446 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #10,494 in Special Interests (Movies & TV) #20,970 in Comedy (Movies & TV) #31,021 in Drama DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (41) |
| Director | Jean-Franois Pouliot |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Language | French (Dolby Digital 5.1) |
| MPAA rating | Unrated (Not Rated) |
| Media Format | Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Package Dimensions | 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.4 ounces |
| Release date | January 1, 2005 |
| Run time | 1 hour and 49 minutes |
| Studio | Fox Lorber |
| Subtitles: | English, French |
D**L
Great movie that leaves you feeling good after all the laughs.
If you liked "Waking Ned Divine", you'll almost certainly enjoy this movie, too. It's a story about a community of simple but happy people whose dignity and livelihoods are threatened by economic circumstances. To preserve their modest way of life, they must attract a doctor to their quaint fishing village, a pre-requisite for securing a bid for a new manufacturing plant that will create jobs for most of the villagers. There are plenty of laughs along the way, as the villagers think up various ruses (sometimes clever, sometimes touchingly absurd) to win over both the young doctor and the factory officials. The actor who plays the protagonist reminded me of Topal (as Tevya in "Fiddler on the Roof") or Phillipe Noiret in "Cinema Paradiso" and the brilliantly funny "Les Ripoux (My New Partner)". It's a movie guaranteed to make you laugh out loud several times and to leave you smiling at the end. A very charming Seduction. Be advised: It's in French, with optional English sub-titles, but well worth watching despite the "inconvenience" of the sub-titles.
J**E
Seducing Dr. Lewis
I saw this flick as a full screen movie and fell in love with it.I wanted to own a copy to watch periodically and share with friends. Given the troublesome world we have today, so full of violence, greed and sadness, just slipping this disk in and running it lightens the heart. Even the fact that it is in French with English subtitles doesn't deter it's charm for one moment. The shenanigans this little clan of islanders off the coast of Canada use to lure and retain the doctor needed, before a factory will come to the island and provide work and wages are hysterical, bringing tears of laughter to one's eyes. This is not high slapstick comedy but gentle, subtle comedy that heightens the sentimental and tender story of a group of proud working class humans efforts to once again become productive citizens of society after circumstances have demoralized and humiliated them by forcing them onto the welfare rolls. Not a flick for those seeking high thrills and action but for those needing a good laugh, a lightening of heart, and a peek, just for a moment, of life that is still communal and holds out hope.
J**K
**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.** ยซ La Grande Sรฉduction ยป est une grande comรฉdie quรฉbรฉcoise qu'on doit voir bientรดt. La ville Sainte Marie La Moderne dans le nord du Quรฉbec รฉtait en ruines, avec tout le monde en sรฉcuritรฉ sociale et en chรดmage. 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) รฉcrit qu'il arrive pour voir la ville, les gens font une grande opรฉration pour lui plaisir. Ils ont changรฉe toute la ville pour รชtre ce qu'il aime, et le docteur vraiment commence d'aimer la belle ville mariniรจre. A la fin, le jeune docteur compte rendu de ce que tout est une mensonge- mais avec les meilleures intentions. Il dรฉcide de vivre dans la ville et travailler comme leur docteur. C'est vraiment une bonne fin. Ce film est gรฉnial pour beaucoup de raisons, la premiรจre est le choix des acteurs. Ils dรฉmontrent physiquement les diffรฉrences culturelles entre les rรฉgions du mรชme pays. Le jeune docteur Smith est de la grande ville, Montrรฉal, et il a beaucoup de savoir faire et il ne sait rien de la vie rurale. Il est beau et les choses matรฉrielles sont importantes pour lui, au dรฉpart. A l'autre cotรฉ 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 cotรฉs des hommes sont ร la mรชme fois naรฏve de la vie de l'autre. L'interprรฉtation faite pour les acteurs รฉtait trรจs bonne aussi, parce qu'ils sont les acteurs quรฉbรฉcois trรจs connus. Bien sur, l'utilisation d'une ville rรฉel dans le nord du Quรฉbec a donne au film une sentiment de la familiaritรฉ et rรฉalitรฉ- ce n'est pas une scรจne crรฉe pour Hollywood. Les gens de la ville peuvent รชtre 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 trรจs important que ce film a les acteurs vraiment quรฉbรฉcois, parce qu'ils ont besoin de reprรฉsentation dans le monde cinรฉmatique. Petit ร petit, avec les films rรฉussis pour tout le monde comme ce film ci, le Quรฉbec toujours accumule le respect qu'elle mรฉrite. La musique est une composante essentielle de chaque film, qui peut donner une certaine รฉmotion au lecteur. La bande sonore de La Grande Sรฉduction est une belle mรฉlange des รฉmotions qui incluent la tristesse, le bonheur, la fรชte, et le rรฉflexion, tout a travers du ton, du son et du rythme de la musique. Jean-Marie Benoรฎt, 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 Montrรฉal, qui est complรจtement le contraire. Ce film n'est pas une histoire originale, mais c'est une comรฉdie propre que toute la famille peut apprรฉcier. Les personnages sont trรจs connus et semblables de nous-mรชmes, de chaque personnage qui apparaรฎt dans la vie actuelle. La bande sonore est le parfait fonde pour un voyage au nord du Quรฉbec. Et les rรดles jouรฉs pour les acteurs sont gรฉniaux et amusants ร la fois. On veut voir ce film pour rire et pour voir un peu de la vie quรฉbรฉcoise qu'est normalement cachรฉe.
M**Y
Gentle Movie with a Sweet Story
Sainte Marie La Mauderne is a small fishing village in Canada where the inhabitants have all been out of work for some time. In order to attract a factory that makes plastic storage items they must first attract a doctor but what doctor in his right mind would consider moving his practice to this sleepy little town. Meanwhile in another part of Canada, a plastic surgeon gets busted for doing cocaine and is forced to take a sabbatical. It's a match made in heaven. This is a delightfully sweet story about a community that pulls together to try and seduce the handsome young doctor by constructing a village they think he might fall in love with. This is a movie you can watch over and over. I give it five stars.
F**L
Heartwarming humor and fun!
I loved this movie. It wasn't what the title implied. It's not steamy, just fun. If you liked "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain" or "Funny Farm", this one's for you. The town's people are so endearing. I came to love all of them, including Dr. Lewis, who was somewhat suspect at the beginning. Definitely a must see.
A**K
unexpected
I did not realize that the DVD was in French Canadian with subtitles. I initially had seen this " in English ".
T**R
A Whoopy Cushion Relishing The Maritimes
My favorite opening scene of any film, whimsy and full of character it captures the essence of small town fishing villages all across that part of coastal Canda. Much better than the larger budgeted film that was produced later.
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