Sexy Boys (2001)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Stéphane Kazandjian

Writer:

Stéphane Kazandjian (writer)

Release Date:

26 December 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Masturbation Scene | Friendship | Female Nudity | Wedding | Vomit Scene

Cast

Julien Baumgartner	...	Seb
Matthias Van Khache	...	Manu
Jérémie Elkaïm	...	Frank
Armelle Deutsch	...	Lucie
Virginie Lanoué	...	Cecile
Sarah Marshall	...	Jenny
Violette Palcossian	...	Clarisse
Charlotte Mayeur	...	Virginie
Arielle Séménoff	...	Maman
Alain Doutey	...	Papa
Caroline Mouton	...	Magali
Gaëla Le Devehat	...	Marion
Emilien Lafitte	...	Benjamin
Jacqueline Noëlle	...	Mamy
Sandrine Alexi	...	Patsy
François Toumarkine	...	Le prof de biologie
Eric Boucher	...	Le prof de journalisme
Simon Bakhouche	...	Docteur Gizet
Sylvia Kristel	...	La sexologue
Gurvan Cloatre	...	JC de la Farrut
Laurent Baffie	...	Le patron de la boîte à son
Stéphane Foenkinos	...	Le brancardier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mélodie Abad
Julien Baptist
Karine Belly	...	Pamela
Virginie Bordes
William Lacore
Diana Steinling	...	Virginie (enfant)
Patrice Maktav	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Stéphane Kazandjian

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stéphane Kazandjian		writer

Produced by
Caroline Adrian	....	producer
Léonard Glowinski	....	associate producer
Pierrick Goter	....	producer
François Ivernel	....	associate producer
Romain Le Grand	....	associate producer
Antoine Rein	....	producer

Original Music by
Kraked

Cinematography by
Pascal Lagriffoul

Film Editing by
Roland Baubeau

Casting by
Stéphane Foenkinos
Nicolas Ronchi

Production Design by
Mathieu Menut

Costume Design by
François Billard

Makeup Department
Véronique Beauregard	....	key makeup artist
Thierry Di Cecca	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Vincent Bercholz	....	production manager
Olivier Bourdon	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Véronique Labrid	....	first assistant director
Mathieu Vaillant	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Laurent Baude	....	assistant production designer
Alexis Imbert	....	carpenter
Alexis Imbert	....	props

Sound Department
Lucien Balibar	....	sound
Eric Bonnard	....	sound
Aymeric Devoldère	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Dominique Degand	....	grip
Lilia Sellami	....	second assistant camera

Other crew
Alexandre Besson	....	title designer
Valérie Chorenslup	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Delante Films
• Gimages 4
• M6 Films
• Natexis Banques Populaires Images
• Pathé Image Production

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Highlight Film (Germany)
• Pathé

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | France:U | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Canal+

Movie Connections:

References American Pie (1999)

Not that bad after all...

I'm gonna write it in english, though I doubt many people outside France have the occasion to see it...

I was introduced to this movie by a french TV show talking about DVDs, done by a rather funny guy who is used to bashing "navets" as we call bad movies in french. He said that while seeing the movie, he could imagine the producers discussing about making a teen movie with some pretty girls (check), gross scenes (check), a guy masturbating with some food (check), to ride the wave of American Pie. So I told myself it would be a "navet" to remember. In the end, I think the producer scene imagined by that guy was quite realistic; but the director managed to make an enjoyable movie with it, with weak or boring moments (some scenes seemed to be there just to make the movie a little longer), but with good moments. The actors are lovable, not always very good, but at worst adequate. Armelle Deutsch is great (she's just my type, that helps...). It's not an "all out attack" comedy; there are calm moments, and actually a much much better understanding of how young people manage their love lives than american pie. That's the kind of movie that I can't help liking, though I see many flaws in it (acting, directing, mandatory scenes for the genre that are just boring). Thus, I give it a 5/10.