French Roast
French Roast
| 19 February 2010 (USA)
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In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee.

Reviews
ada the leading man is my tpye
SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless
ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Armand for understand the life as large collection of nuances.for discover a kind of mirror for human types. for a kind of lovely crumbs from Charlot universe. for its humor and for the beggar. for the coffee cups and for the temptations of honorable man. for the reflection of small pieces who defines each day for each of us. for poetry of details. and, sure, for the great job. it is something unique in its case. the mixture of humanity and appearances, the characters gestures as ours. and the music. an useful film. that is all. interesting, touching in special manner, delicate and precise. an old fashion film. French in spirit, universal in seductive soft beauty.
Rectangular_businessman I liked a lot this short: While the story could be seem as something way too simple, it was still very enjoyable to watch anyway, mostly because of the great visual quality that this little animation had, with very stylish designs which are very pleasant to see and a high level of detail in the sceneries and textures."French Roast" also has an interesting message of how people could not everything is what it seems at first sight, and how help could came from the most unexpected people. The result, without being a masterpiece, is certainly more than worth-watching, due the clever execution of the plot, and more than anything, because of the nice animation.
evening1 At only eight minutes in length, this seemed overly long by half, and repetitious, but it ends on a somewhat pleasant, if hackneyed, note.A conservative man who apparently cannot admit he forgot his wallet at home tries to save face by ordering one coffee after another as a hunchbacked waiter and various other eccentrics come and go at the cafe.An annoying sort of elderly Jesus figure traipses in and out and you wonder who he is and finally you see that he's a benefactor who shows up just in the nick of time to help the mortified espresso drinker out of his jam.The best part of the film is the very French vocal track that jauntily accompanies the final credits.
Gordon-11 This Oscar nominated short animation is about a businessman who goes into a café for a cup of coffee. He finds out he doesn't have his wallet when he is about to pay. he has to find ways to come up with money to foot the bill."French Roast" is simple, yet well made. The quality of the animation is good, with well designed backgrounds and humorously designed characters. The story nicely captures the psychology of everyday life, about how people react to beggars and about how good people feel about doing bad. The ending twist is also comical, and yet illustrates how a random act of kindness can make a difference to another person. I enjoyed watching "French Roast".