Overview
A chaotic night unfolds when a theater performance is hijacked by an unexpected twist.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- absurd
- witty
- tense
- arthouse movie night
- theatre lovers evening
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film inventive and entertaining, especially valuing its performances and sharp comic moments while noting its thin final resolution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Yannick interrupts the play and attempts to reshape the evening according to his own demands.
The hostage situation collapses the boundary between the stage performance and the audience's real-world confrontation.
A complaint about a dull boulevard comedy develops into an increasingly volatile takeover of the theatre.
Yannick objects to wasting his evening, money, and time on an unengaging theatrical production.
Films like Yannick, and why
The Play House
shared theatrical setting, self-conscious comedy, escalating social discomfort, and collision between performers and audience
The Exterminating Angel
shared absurdist humor, constrained location, volatile interpersonal dynamics, and comic disruption of social order
The Square
shared satirical treatment of performance, class frustration, and uneasy comedy unfolding inside a public gathering
Movie Details
- Director
- Quentin Dupieux
- Release Date
- 2023-08-02
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (749)
Cast
- Raphaël Quenard
- Pio Marmaï
- Blanche Gardin
- Sébastien Chassagne
- Agnès Hurstel
- Jean-Paul Solal
- Laurent Nicolas
- Mustapha Abourachid
- Sava Lolov
- Charlotte Laemmel
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Yannick about?
- A dissatisfied theatregoer turns a dreary comedy into an absurd hostage-driven experiment in artistic control.
- What is Yannick like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Yannick as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Yannick violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Yannick as mild.
- What did critics think of Yannick?
- Critics broadly find the film inventive and entertaining, especially valuing its performances and sharp comic moments while noting its thin final resolution.
- Which films are like Yannick?
- Films with a similar feel include The Play House, The Exterminating Angel, and The Square.
- How long is Yannick?
- Yannick runs 67 minutes.
- Where can I watch Yannick?
- In United States, Yannick streams on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel.
