Mr. Blake, at Your Service!

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Mr. Blake, at Your Service!

2023,

1h 40m,

Romance/

Comedy/

Drama

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89%

9 Reviews

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53%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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9 Reviews

53%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Tired of a world in which he no longer fits, deprived of those he loves who are disappearing one by one, Andrew Blake decides to leave the management of his small business to be hired as a butler in France, the country where he met his wife. By landing at the Beauvillier estate, where no one knows who he really is, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his past. However, encounters and out-of-control situations will decide otherwise.... Between Nathalie, his widowed boss with a strange schedule, Odile, the cook and her explosive problems, Manon, a young lost cleaning lady and Philippe, the well-struck manager who lives at the back of the park, Andrew will no longer have a choice. He who was looking for a way to end it all is going to be forced to start all over again....

Stephen Romei

The Australian

It鈥檚 a sweet exploration of how new life can blossom in unanticipated ways 鈥� even Mephisto plays a part in this 鈥� and how new friends can be found in unexpected places.

Aug 7, 2024

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Naci贸n (Argentina)

Mr. Blake at Your Service recounts with a pair of legends - John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant - but the story it tells is conventional, especially in its forms, and very predictable. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/5 •

Feb 5, 2025

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clar铆n

The classic situational comedy has its rules, and Mr. Blake, at Your Service!, with John Malkovich in the lead role, follows them to a tee. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/4 •

Feb 2, 2025

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Amparo Cabal

EscribiendoCine

...elegant, gentle and full of comic twists around every corner, Mr. Blake at Your Command works admirably as a feel-good movie and could even make it onto the select list of movies to watch on Christmas. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10 •

Jan 16, 2025

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

A movie that only seeks to makes us feel good. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 25, 2024

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Jane Freebury

The Canberra Times (Australia)

Although there is some humour in this rather ordinary fare, the perfomances from the pros in the cast give it a lift and occasional moments of endearing charm

Rated: 3/5 •

Aug 9, 2024

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bob c

Interesting about a man dealing with grief by helping others, but in an irritating form of French. With French version of Hollywood ending. JM does JM in French.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Saxone A

I have a feeling that the audience reviews, all in English, are shared between those who don't speak French and those who do. The non French speakers are a little kinder to this than the French speakers. If you speak French, avoid this film like the plague. The awful accents, the English speaking to each other in French even in London, all make for a cringe fest. But even without the language icks, the story makes little sense, the characters do not seem real, they do stupid things and the ending is entirely unconvincing. Over 2 hours wasted hoping for it to get better (it didn't). Don't bother.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/25

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Samim A

It's an unbearable film. Under the pretext of denouncing Anglo-French clich茅s, it falls into even worse ones. Thin plot, thin characters, and above all, Malkovich speaking French (even in England鈥攚hy?) is ridiculous. The poor noblewoman living in a ch芒teau but struggling to make ends meet, and the poor "Entrepreneur of the Year" who becomes a butler... How could two great actors like Malkovich and Ardant fall into such a trap? Avoid at all costs.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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clodagh w

Heart-warming story, beautiful shots of a chateau, great French actors, but why oh why did Malkovich speak French the whole time?!?!?! It was so bad that I almost left on various occasions because it felt like I was in my high-school French class where a student was attempting to read out loud and torturing the French language! I wanted to throw something at the screen to shut him up. He even spoke out loud to HIMSELF in French AND to the cat?! I really wish they had hired a French actor who knew the 2 lines that were spoken in English.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Carlo C

Muy buena historia sobre el sentido de la vida y como reencontrarse con 茅l. Malkovich es un deleite en este papel, con el extra de estar completamente hablada en franc茅s. Vale mucho la pena, saldr谩s contento y de buen 谩nimo.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Gilles Legardinier

Director

John Malkovich

Andrew Blake

Fanny Ardant

Nathalie

Philippe Bas

Magnier

脡milie Dequenne

Odile

Eugenie Anselin

Manon

Synopsis

Tired of a world in which he no longer fits, deprived of those he loves who are disappearing one by one, Andrew Blake decides to leave the management of his small business to be hired as a butler in France, the country where he met his wife. By landing at the Beauvillier estate, where no one knows who he really is, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his past. However, encounters and out-of-control situations will decide otherwise.... Between Nathalie, his widowed boss with a strange schedule, Odile, the cook and her explosive problems, Manon, a young lost cleaning lady and Philippe, the well-struck manager who lives at the back of the park, Andrew will no longer have a choice. He who was looking for a way to end it all is going to be forced to start all over again....

Director: Gilles Legardinier
Producer: Cl茅ment Calvet, Lilian Eche, J茅r茅mie Fajner, Christel Henon
Screenwriter: Gilles Legardinier, Christelle Henon
Production Co: Superprod, Bidibul Productions
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1