It’s the cinema hit for spring 2024. The French comedy directed by Artus has already reached 5 million admissions and is aiming for 10 million. Return to a phenomenon.
A little something extra is already very well on its way to becoming the biggest cinema success of this year 2024. Since its release in theaters on 1er May, the comedy French made by Artus is a real hit. This film which deals with disability has already reached the milestone of 5 million spectators in barely a month. It is even the biggest French success since the crisis of Covid-19already appearing in the world top 10 for the fifth consecutive week.
Created by Artus, A little something extra follows a father and son on the run who take refuge in a summer camp for young adults with disabilities. To avoid being spotted, they pretend to be a resident and his specialized educator. In the casting, the filmmaker also plays one of the leading roles, opposite Clovis CornillacAlice Belaïdi and several amateur actors who themselves have disabilities like their characters.
A little something extra has enjoyed extremely positive word of mouth since its release. Spectators hail a feel good film “which is good” for morale, “moving and fair”, as we can read in the opinions listed on Linternaute. Fans of wicked humor should refrain, since Artus’ comedy takes the refreshing approach of laughing with people with disabilities, and not at their expense. To AFP, the director explains this subject by “this somewhat anxiety-provoking era” favorable to such a film “which does good”, and which allows us to put the spotlight on “a population that we do not often see “.
As also analyzed BFM TV, the success of the film can also be explained by territorial logics. Unlike certain productions which attract more a Parisian or urban audience, A little something extra has a very local success and attracts a wider audience, particularly in the Great West, and in the Lyon region. And it’s a safe bet that the Cinema Festival at the end of the month, and the approaching summer holidays should not slow down the success of the film, far from it.
The spectators won over, the opinions
Such success can obviously be explained by rave reviews from the public, since the first week of the film’s release. The first spectators and readers of Linternaute were already totally seduced by A little something extra, since they gave it a score of 4.7/5 on our review aggregator. For At263, it is a “terrific film”, “brilliant, moving and fair”, when Mimiko hails a “spontaneous nugget of humor”. Damien, for his part, praises “a delicious moment of inclusion and understanding, a very pretty film that feels good”. You can also give your opinions on A little something extra by clicking below.
What do critics think ofA little something extra ?
For its part, if the press is more severe, it has always been generally very enthusiastic about this new French comedy, since the film received a rating of 3/5 on Allociné. For FirstArtus “found the perfect tone – inflated but never provocative” by mastering “the writing of his characters with disabilities and situations where we laugh a lot not at them but with them.” The Parisian also hails a film that is “puffy, funny and very touching”. For Le Figaroit is an “endearing and joyful eulogy of difference” in the guise of a “tender choral comedy” which “carries without sentimentality its message of tolerance and acceptance of difference”. South West deplores, however, that the film “accumulates clichés”, noting however the “good intentions” of the director and actor, who notably cast amateur actors who themselves have disabilities. For Le Monde, it is “a generous comedy, but worthy of Care Bears”. A little something extra is currently available at the cinema.
Exceptional box office figures
How far can it fly A little something extra ? Upon its release on May 1, 2024, the film’s scores at the French box office are impressive, since it had the best start of the year and had a better launch thanUntouchables And What have we done to the good Lord?. Since then, the film has achieved 5 million admissions in just one month of release, beating the blockbusters to the post. Mad Max : Furiosa and even Dune, part two. Near South Westthe distributor, Pan Cinema, now hopes to reach 10 million tickets sold.
Synopsis – To escape the police, a son and his father on the run are forced to find refuge in a summer camp for young adults with disabilities, posing as a resident and his specialized educator. The beginning of trouble and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever.