Comedies involving Gad Elmaleh


   

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This section is for comedies involving Gad Elmaleh as an actor, director or writer. By default the movies are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.

About Gad

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I haven't yet written a blurb about Gad.

Gad Elmaleh is said to have been born on Monday 19 April 1971, which would make him 52 years, 11 months and 10 days old (if this date is accurate and he is alive today).


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Gad Elmaleh was credited as actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 41 years old.
The Dictator posterThe Dictator
      2012 | USA | Laughs: 7.8 (Laugh Out Loud) | imdb: 6.4
      wikipedia | who was involved?

Stripped of his signature beard, a dictator who is stranded in New York struggles to reclaim his post before an imposter signs a new constitution for his beloved homeland.

If you are not easily offended, this movie has some terrific moments. You just have to take the good with the bad. I'm not a fan of the many crass bits, but Baron Cohen has the rare ability to keep gags coming at top speed, and the movie left me with a good fill of laughs. (Last viewed: July 2015)

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Gad Elmaleh was credited as actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 26 years old.
La Vérité Si Je Mens 2 DVDWould I Lie to You? 2 (La Vérité si je mens ! 2)
      1997 | France | Laughs: 7.2 (Laugh and Smile) | imdb: 6.3
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Surprisingly, this sequel is a tad funnier than the original thanks to beautiful writing and splendid acting. Too many sub plots to summarize this rich movie, in which Eddie and his friends try to break into mass retail. Only regret: the disappearance of the original Dov (Vincent Elbaz) and Sandra's dad (Richard Bohringer of Diva). This is partly offset by the entry of Gad Elmaleh. (Last viewed: February 2011)

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Gad Elmaleh was credited as actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 35 years old.
The Valet La Doublure DVDThe Valet (La Doublure)
      2006 | France | Laughs: 6.6 (Watch Once) | imdb: 6.5
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In need of raising money to help out the woman of his dreams, a man who parks cars outside a restaurant for a living is persuaded to cohabit with a top model. Several occasions to laugh in this film, and none to stop smiling. Nearly made the laugh-out-loud category. The film features two brilliant French comedians—Gad Elmaleh and Dany Boon. By the director who made the laugh-out-loud classic The Dinner Game (in fact the main character have the same name, François Pignon). (Last viewed: Oct 2010 September 2011)

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Gad Elmaleh was credited as actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 35 years old.
Priceless DVDPriceless (Hors de Prix)
      2006 | France | Laughs: 6.1 (Watch Once) | imdb: 7.0
      wikipedia | who was involved?

A bellboy in a ritzy hotel on the French Riviera falls in love with a gold digger. I delayed watching this movie as I am not as taken with the actress of Amelie as many people seem to be, and it was a good surprise as it was full of chuckles. The movie also confirmed my fondness for the lead actor, Gad Elmaleh, whom I had just seen in The Valet.

Edit: the second viewing twelve years did not disappoint.

(Last viewed: Oct 2010 September 2022)

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Gad Elmaleh was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 38 years old.
Coco DVDCoco
      2009 | France | Laughs: 1.4 (Just Awful) | imdb: 3.3
      wikipedia | who was involved?

This film is an example of what tends to happen when you allow an excellent stand-up comedian write and direct a feature film. I guess Gad Elmaleh needed direct experience to learn that writing a script for an array of characters requires different skills from writing a show for himself alone. I like Gad's work a lot, both as a stand-up and in films such as The Valet, but Coco deserves nothing more than its 3.1 IMDB rating—probably a record low, of all comedies whose IMDB pages I have seen. (Last viewed: May 2012)

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Gad Elmaleh was credited as actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 50 years old.
Flashback posterFlashback
      2021 | France | Laughs: 1.0 (Light-Hearted) | imdb: 5.9
      wikipedia | who was involved?

A friend roped me into watching this period movie — never my favorite — with the promise of laughs, and I half-convinced myself to do so only because it appeared to feature Gad Elmaleh.

The story is that of a ruthless female lawyer sent by some kind of god to various times past to gain perspective on the long fight to establish women's rights. Sadly, Gad appears only briefly. I smiled a few times, and (I'm ashamed to say) chuckled at the bit involving Pierre Curie, the movie's peak from the comedy standpoint, which doesn't say much.

That said, the film is well-intentioned, so if you're a teenage girl or have a certain tolerance for below-average acting and plots that seem like drafts, you might find it worth watching.

(Last viewed: September 2022)

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