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The Best Job in the World

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1996 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Best for anyone who's survived a family wedding and fans of a well-timed joke. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse. Paris does a lot of the work, and it looks wonderful.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 45 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.

To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesSolid

    Our audience score: 51%

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $14 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 2K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gérard Lauzier

  • Gérard DepardieuLaurent Monier
  • Ticky HolgadoBaudoin
  • Michèle LaroqueHélène Monier
  • Souad AmidouRadhia
  • Guy MarchandGauthier
  • Philippe KhorsandLe concierge
  • Daniel PrévostUn voisin
  • Roschdy ZemAhmed Raouch
  • Ouassini EmbarekMouloud
  • Mouss DioufMomo