The Brice Man
A flamboyant Nice fantasist with no surfing experience turns financial ruin and a chance encounter into an absurd quest for an underground surf championship.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Brice compensates for his lack of surfing experience with yellow clothing, parties, style, and his invented social persona.
Brice imagines himself as a trendy surfer while never having surfed and while living beside the calm waters of Nice.
Brice and Marius become partners after meeting during Brice's escape, joining forces to pursue money for Marius's foot surgery.
Brice's yellow T-shirt, yellow hair, and yellow parties make his self-created identity immediately visible.
Films like The Brice Man, and why
The Mask
absurdist fish out of water comedy centered on an overconfident, immature protagonist
Zoolander
broad character comedy driven by flamboyant style, physical humor, and an exaggerated personal fantasy
Dumb and Dumber
warm buddy comedy combining incompetent ambition, eccentric characters, and ridiculous schemes
Movie Details
- Director
- James Huth
- Release Date
- 2005-03-30
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (1302)
Cast
- Jean Dujardin
- Clovis Cornillac
- Élodie Bouchez
- Bruno Salomone
- Alexandra Lamy
- Delphine Chanéac
- François Chattot
- Mathias Mlekuz
- Antoine Duléry
- Lannick Gautry
Common questions
- What is The Brice Man about?
- A flamboyant Nice fantasist with no surfing experience turns financial ruin and a chance encounter into an absurd quest for an underground surf championship.
- What is The Brice Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Brice Man as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Brice Man violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Brice Man as mild.
- Which films are like The Brice Man?
- Films with a similar feel include The Mask, Zoolander, and Dumb and Dumber.
- How long is The Brice Man?
- The Brice Man runs 98 minutes.
