A series of short films set around the theme of infidelity.
It’s telling that only one of the shorts (La Question, in which a married couple confess to cheating on each) is directed by a woman; greater female input might have alleviated the film’s tiresome chauvinism.
Often funny, outrageously vulgar in places and very, very French.
Some [of the stories] are a thought-provoking (a married couple confessing their infidelities) but most are crude and silly.
The only thing that could make this worse would be Bérénice Bejo starring in a remake of Showgirls.
Never has the male of the species looked so loathsomely funny.
Proves that Dujardin can extend his range well beyond the boulevard smirk and the Brylcreemed charm.
If only the transitions in and out of the dollops of broad sex comedy weren't such a bumpy ride.
Tedious, superficial and often sexist. Just have an affair instead.
Won't play outside France.
Pointless, boorish skits.
Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche are the brains behind a series of skits on male adultery, whose team of directors includes The Artist's Michel Hazanavicius. They peak at competence, but are mostly excruciating.
A film so toxic that, had it been widely seen earlier this year, it would have ruined The Artist's Jean Dujardin's chances of his best actor Oscar.
While not quite funny enough to cut it as pure comedy, nor emotionally probing enough to be a great drama, The Players is still a pleasingly frank and, at times, guiltily daft take on a very sticky subject.