'Call My Agent The Movie' Review: Reunion Lands Sharp Comedy
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- "Call My Agent! The Movie" premieres on Netflix Sept. 10, directed by Émilie Noblet as a feature-length spinoff of the hit French comedy series, tracking former agent Andréa Martel (Camille Cottin) through the chaotic pre-production of her debut directorial feature "The Fugitive."
- The original series ended its fourth season in late 2020 with the Paris-based talent agency ASK folding in near-bankruptcy and its employees scattered, making this nearly six-year-later return a reunion of the ensemble in new career trajectories — some doing better than others, per former assistant Hervé's catch-up intro.
- Mathias (Thibault de Montalembert) now runs his own agency with daughter Camille (Fanny Sidney) and has married his former assistant Noémie (Laure Calamy), who pivoted to TV producing, while Andréa's estranged best friend Gabriel (Grégory Montel) is unhappily working at rival agency Starmédia.
- Celebrity cameos include Laurent Lafitte playing himself, Eva Longoria pitching the gritty female survivalist script as a Parisian wish-fulfillment romance, a standout cringe-comedy scene where George Clooney gets dissed for directing "The Monuments Men," and well-earned strays at Gérard Depardieu plus an off-screen Wes Anderson shoot.
- The script by showrunner Fanny Herrero with Lison Daniel packs industry in-jokes so densely that outsiders may struggle to keep up, while cinematographer Aurélien Marra shoots in surprisingly glossy widescreen — though reviewer notes the greatest pleasures remain the televisual ones, namely Cottin's drily smart lead turn countering Calamy's spiraling scattiness.
Why it matters: For the original series' fanbase, this is the long-awaited reunion that arrives nearly six years after the show's destabilizing 2020 finale, and Variety judges it a win — the love-hate ensemble chemistry and cameos-heavy formula translate intact to the big screen, even if the film can't tie up all character arcs. For Netflix, it's a prestige French-language comedy timed to the fall slate on Sept. 10.
Ask SkimNews
