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Name: The Intouchables
Director: Éric Toledano
Genre: comedy, drama
Released: 2011
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 8.5

The Intouchables has an iRankMovies score of 76.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Intouchables (2011)

Intouchables

Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own.

Release:2011

Runtime:1h 53m

Country:France

Director:Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache

Language:French

Genre

ComedyDrama

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Keywords

friendshipMale FriendshipBased On True StoryInspiring StoryAristocratParaglidingUnlikely FriendshipDuringcreditsstinger

iRank76

The Intouchables rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.5/10· 1M votes

Rotten Tomatoes75%

Metacritic57%

TMDb8.269/10· 18K votes

With 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.5/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Intouchables

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

Cast of The Intouchables

François Cluzet
as Philippe
Omar Sy
as Driss
Anne Le Ny
as Yvonne
Audrey Fleurot
as Magalie
Joséphine de Meaux
as La DRH société de courses
Clotilde Mollet
as Marcelle
Alba Gaïa Bellugi
as Elisa
Cyril Mendy
as Adama
Salimata Kamate
as Fatou
Absa Diatou Toure
as Mina
Grégoire Oestermann
as Antoine
Dominique Daguier
as Ami Philippe

The Intouchables facts

Original title: Intouchables
Budget: $13M
Box office: $426.6M

Our take on The Intouchables

Éric Toledano's 2011 comedy-drama draws on a true story of two men who should never have crossed paths: a wealthy quadriplegic aristocrat left paralyzed by a paragliding accident, and a young man from the projects hired, improbably, as his caregiver. From that mismatch grows a friendship that upends both their worlds, played with brisk humor rather than pity. The film mines its odd-couple dynamic for warmth and candor, letting laughter and dignity coexist without sanding down the differences of class and circumstance between them. It suits viewers who want a feel-good story with real edges, an unsentimental look at friendship, and performances that carry heart without tipping into melodrama.

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