RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

MOSSBIE The best thing about the film was the casting and the location manager along with watching the processing of ham. When I read anyone say "I walked out on the film" it is just so kind of Paris Hilton on acid. The story line makes one think that all men are interested in male sex and male nudity and go one way or the other when they are actually seeing male genitalia and nice bodies which get that way from hard work achieved by this working family who have little else to do but lift, play; so their bodies end up being toned, their skin somehow perfect and they rely on one another for their missing mothers' love. The same thing happens as often in America and in most countries except the scenery is not always as good or the fathers as weak.In the town they live, there are not that many women, and like a prison, the men are alone together. I think men in a movie house fear looking at great sexy male bodies. These bodies and abundantly endowed guys just happen to be better than the three part story line although male beauty is never ugly no matter how few times we see it on film and the penis is not an offensive thing as most any prisoner or 13 year old doing something with his best friend will tell you.This is just more real and is likely to shame some.I liked it in spite of the youngest being so well hung.

jketelone I am left on the fence with this movie. At first you begin to understand the lives of these brothers through the eyes of a friend. There are 3 stories happening in this movie however it fails to develop the characters further once the 3rd brother is introduced. The last scene with the entire family. In the background you see the father (in keeping with his character is in the back, weak with no control). You see Christophe with his girlfriend, showcasing affection (makes sense since he has straightened out his life). Marc in the foreground (still showcasing his masculinity and toughness).I was perplexed by the ending scene. You see Olivier and Hachlm "in love" but at the end Hachlm is dumped so that Olivier can have a rendezvous with the flight instructor. I didn't understand why Olivier's plot-line/story was very short and abruptly ended. I understand Haclim helped Olivier with expressing his sexual freedom however, this could have been done better. I really felt disconnected from Olivier because of the last scene. Did we really need to know he left his first love to be with the flight instructor and end the movie like that?!?!I can see where the filmmaker was trying to convey however failed to do so in further developing the uniqueness of each brother and their overall connection. So after seeing this movie, I was left with what?

jim smith A Gael Morel film whose theme will be familiar to viewers who have seen "Wild Reeds" or "Come Undone" : young, handsome, sexy, disturbed young Frenchies trapped in the limited prospects offered by the mediocre towns and cities far from Paris. Here we have the three sons of an indifferent French father and a Maghreb mother, recently deceased. Where they live horny young men lack even a town whore for relief and, resignedly, must rely on the local grouchy, bored transvestite. Morel favorite Stephane Rideau is a 20-something, "scared straight" ex con who will trade his youthful wildness for the dull comfort and security of middle class respectability while his two younger brothers grapple, respectively, with intolerable powerlessness and gay love.All the guys are eye candy and Morel and his actors have never suffered from fear of frontal. All of which would mean little were it not for the interesting characters and Morel's unique cinematic style. Rent it. You'll enjoy it. And if it turns out you disagree, hell, it's only 88 minutes including the credits crawl. Jim Smith

gradyharp Gaël Morel (Wild Reeds, Under Another Sky, Full Speed) seems to continue to test cinematic minefields and while not every film is a success, they each indicate that there is a reservoir of talent in this writer/actor/director that will eventually galvanize into to a significant voice. This much maligned little tale 'Le Clan' (oddly but in the end appropriately titled in English 'Three Dancing Slaves') has more going for it than most audiences acknowledge: for all its weakness there are some very sensitive moments about father/son relationships, filial love, romantic love, racism, bigotry, and the ever-growing dysfunctional family problem.Three brothers live with their recently widowed father in a small town near the Alps in France. Marc (Nicolas Cazalé) is a rebellious youth, into drugs and petty crime and at constant contention with his overbearing father (Bruno Lochet); Christophe (Stéphane Rideau) is recently released from prison and is trying to live straight by starting from the bottom in a pork factory and working his way to the top; Olivier (Thomas Dumerchez) is the youngest and though tattooed and quasi-rebellious is the sensitive one whose gender issues are just beginning to focus. The film is told in three versions, one by each brother, and from these segments we paste together a family disrupted and needy. Marc fights and performs dangerous deeds, Christophe struggles to re-create his broken life, and Olivier finds love and passion with Hicham (Salim Kechiouche), Marc's friend, who is North African and repeatedly dances the capoeira, a slave dance, for his own expression and his need to connect with Olivier. Despite the differences in these young men there are repeated encounters that signify their bonding. One quiet scene shows the father awake, sitting and watching the troubled sons asleep, naked, entwined in each other's bodies: it should be clipped for a still shot as it is very beautiful.There really is little resolution of an overall story; these three short stories simply end in their own fashion and the interlocking meaning is left to the viewer. Each brother is a 'slave' in his own manner. Yes, there are moments of violence, a pitiful animal abuse scene, and gaps in dialogue that bump the film around in a clumsy fashion, but look for the little moments of visual beauty and the movie takes on different meaning. In French with English subtitles. Grady Harp