Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Reno Rangan The lives of doctors. Most of the film covered from the professional aspect and between two. A junior and a senior doctor. When I decided to watch it, I anticipated either fun or an inspiring film. But it was like too serious and a casual storyline. I mean it could have been a documentary, but the presentation was clearly a cinematic. Then all cinemas need a writing, so does it. More like from someone's real life experience. It had the ingredients, but everything was straightforward without twist and turn.If you consider the story progressing to the next level is a twist or turn, then the film had a few of those often. Though they are not effective as what a viewer actually meant a real twist in the storytelling. Nowadays, twist means a mind blowing development/scene. The characters were well designed. Between the main two, the narration keeps hopping, revealing their lives as doctors, especially in the rural. There's more to it, that theirs commitments and differences within their passion for their work.A single doctor who has been dedicated all his life to the poor patients from the rural, now discovered he has a brain tumour. He begins his treatment right away, but he was advised to retire and rest. That's where a junior doctor comes in. His replacement. The two work together, where she learns all his patients, but it was not a smooth ride. Since he's not happy to be replaced, particularly his patients are unique, their different style of treating the patients brings a crack in the relationship even before they had one.❝What I call nature may be something else for believers. But don't tell me nature is beautiful.❞One thing that unites them is the medicine. Despite the differences, they make their best effort to contribute from their field of expertise. They are the best doctors, but joining the hand at the wrong time is what the English translated title meant. That's almost the entire story of it. Along with their struggle in the rural settings like it be commuting from place to place, at day and night, whenever the service required.The film justifies on the roles it focused on than the concept it deals with. So most of those who watches it won't say they saw a very good film. Even me too felt that way. That does not mean it was bad flick. Some people surely would enjoy it being as it is. I think the real doctors or their friends and families and patients, to see their similar experiences on the screen. What I had liked was, highlighting the work ethic between the rural and the city doctor. It was like a two different world.I have rated it better, because of the quality of the content than what I wanted to have a nice time. Besides, it's almost free of clichés. Like no romance, no medical miracles or the unexpected subplot developed to brighten up the narration in places. That kept me going. Like I have already mentioned, it was practically a documentary feature, with a cinematic experience.The trivia say, it was made by a doctor turned filmmaker. So what do you expect from such director. His previous flick too was about the same theme. Usually when such films are made, the writers, director do research for depicting the contents perfectly. That has not required here. Nicely made film, but not for everyone. One of the under- noticed film, and that's reasonable for such a film, but bashing it even after watching it like what illiterates does. So watch it and respect it or else do not think about it.7/10

dbdumonteil This is old school French cinema,which displays an humanism recalling Christian-Jaque or even the sometimes unfairly demeaned Jean-Paul Le Chanois.And Except for the rather unlikely abrupt happy end ,it works from start to finish: it is definitely the kind of the movie we are in need of today : it's not overtly optimistic -like the feel-good movies which mar the contemporary French scene : however Marianne Denicourt's warm smile can lighten the darkest night;François Cluzet's commitment to his work is extraordinary : the first sequences ,consisting of very short scenes ,show it all .But ,in an admirable sequence ,exhausted and disheartened ,Werner tells his colleague (us )how hard his prestigious occupation always involves sufferings,death: nature( some people call God) may be a wonderful thing ,but it(He ) makes mistakes or even monstrosities and our task is to correct them.And correct ,mend ,both of them do: the old man dies in his home ,and he could not ask for more;the boy who passes for a half-wit may be an autistic with an exceptional memory -he is a scholar,as far as WW1 is concerned-: someday ,he may learn to read and to write .So it's not overtly pessimistic either.It's life and life only.There's a wonderful truce in their ceaseless fight ,when the people dance to Cohen's "Hallelujah",a moment when an infinite tenderness emanates from the fete .It does not always avoid clichés:the first Cluzet/Denicourt confrontation follows the usual pattern: seasoned veteran/modern rookie,it's the same old song ,be they militaries, cops,teachers,or physicians : see the scene of the ganders ("put their beak into their a........");and Cluzet's family is cliché itself.And Nina Simone's superb "wild is the wind" does not fit the bill in that context as well as Cohen's song as a finale .But after 15 minutes ,the movie hits its stride ,and the words often rings true;except for an old TV series ("Cecilia Medecin De Campagne", sixties),a whole movie was never devoted to the country docs' thankless work in France,and it's much to Thomas Lilti's credit to have broached the subject ,with a valid documentary side which is never dull,thanks to the two principals .Both will win you over.It's life and life only;as the good old French cinema I like was.

writers_reign Yet another outstanding example of the kind of film that only France seems interested in making, a rural setting, strong characters who are above all 'real' and not a lot happening. The main plot point - a younger doctor detailed to 'help' an older one in the country - is reminiscent of Paramount's Welcome, Stranger, circa 1947, where Bing Crosby is 'sent' to give Barry Fitzgerald a helping hand but this was a cynical cashing in on Going My Way where young priest Crosby is sent to help older priest Fitzgerald. Going My Way cleaned up at the box office so it was remade with doctors instead of priests and that's where the similarity to Irreplaceable ends. It could also be argued that it has something in common with The Grocer's Son and indeed more of a case could be made in that case as both films explore life in small, rural communities. Irreplaceable benefits from two leading performances that are way beyond outstanding but Francois Cluzet and Marianne Denicourt also lead a superb supporting cast and a truly beautiful film.

Andres-Camara I hoped it was going to be those kind of movies where you end up with a smile on your face, that makes you happy. But no. Has begun. It has begun to repeat itself, it did not advance, it returns to tell the same thing. You have searched for the exact ingredients to end happily but not. He had to have his sad moment to make the round touch and he has it.It is very French, of course, but it is neither French good comedies nor French cultured films. He stands in the middle of nowhere.The embodiment as always is typically simple, typically French. And photography too, it's like a video camera. He makes his social critique, there is always, could not miss, in fact there is much social criticism.But all the actors are great. He was supposed to be a bit grumpy but you'd have to catch him a lot of affection. Neither one nor the other. She is very good too, but thinking that she was going to do with the film, then either. All super sub. They really look like country people.But I do not know if I remember her, when I finish the review