Albert Dupontel’s latest film was released in theaters this Wednesday, October 25, 2023. But should you see it? We saw “Second Tour”, here is our review.
Albert Dupontel returns to the cinema with a wacky and sentimental fable. After the critical and popular success of Adieu les cons, Second Tour was released this Wednesday, October 25 in theaters.
Spectators will discover the investigation of a political journalist dedicated to the football section, emerging from the shadows to follow the favorite of the presidential campaign whom she knew during her youth. And she is convinced, the candidate is hiding a secret.
Second Tour divides the press, since the feature film received a rating of 2.9/5 on Allociné, with 18 press titles listed. “Jubilant and poetic” for Télé-Loisirs which praises a plot “as incredible as it is intelligently constructed”, the film remains “a funny, catchy and delightful pamphlet” for franceinfo. Conversely, “Albert Dupontel disappoints” for Première, since “his utopian speech is lost in the twists and turns of a story that is less incredible than laborious”. Discover the review from L’Internaute below.
Albert Dupontel devotees will not be lost in this new film, which pulls on the threads already woven in Adieu les cons. In this new feature film, the 59-year-old filmmaker tries to be more virulent, attacking our political and media system without restraint and without nuance. The result is an enjoyable film, sometimes too caricatured, but zany, carried by the exhilarating duo formed by Cécile de France and Nicolas Marié.
Second round turns out to be very pleasant to watch, even if we can blame it for several blunders in its execution. Its first part is too laborious, too incredible at times, with twists and turns that are too artificial.
The second part of the film is more sentimental, but Albert Dupontel deploys his very characteristic poetic spleen, to finally alert the spectators and find a hopeful response to the ills of our society. Clumsy, certainly, but touching.
