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6/10
Brava Audrey Dana!
francescozappala-1020926 September 2018
Una commedia piacevole, che consente di riflettere anche se con leggerezza
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6/10
Differences
kosmasp14 February 2020
What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? Is the future going to look at this in disregard? As in the lines blur when it comes to gender? Things I cannot really say and don't want to guess. The movie is based on cliches and has quite a lot of them in them. It has funny scenes (like when our main female character is "exploring" self pleasure with her newly aquired ... additional body part) and quite a few of them do actually work.

It also seems to have been able to be over earlier than it actually does. I thought at one point "oh that must be it then" ... just to realize ... nope that wasn't it at all. The main character is charismatic enough to hold your attention and the movie itself though, so there's that
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3/10
Original? Not so much..
blumdeluxe1 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
"Si j'étais un homme" tells the story of a single mother who, one day, suddenly awakens with a penis between her legs. This incident leads her into a crisis of identity and she has to face some challenges when she falls in love with the man of her dreams and has to handle a moody best friend and an overwhelmed doctor.

The film is pretty much what happens when you ask for a typical portrayal of a man at a bachelorette party. It consists mainly of stereotypes about both men and women and uses the worn-out question what a woman would do with a penis to add some spice to a rather basic love story. It is entertaining and it doesn't have lengths but I find it a bit problematic to approach the topic of gender roles by bringing back all the stupid stereotypes that every bad comedian's program consists of. Maybe you could argue that the film supports fluent gender roles, which I support but all in all I rather get the picture that the penis was a selling point and the equality maybe not so much an issue or why has to be a naked woman in the end but no naked man? The small twist before the credits was nicely done, though.

All in all this movie is not very creative. You can give it a watch if you want to switch off your head for a while and get entertained meanwhile, but don't expect greatness in humor or thought.
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1/10
Bah
caetano_luis24 September 2018
Bad bad movie. No Action. Just an histetic women. A boring history. Very boring movie.
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7/10
Some punctual criticisms for this little comic comedy...
RosanaBotafogo16 April 2023
A woman (Audrey Dana) wakes up with a penis. Who hasn't imagined what it would be like on the skin of the opposite sex, even if just for a day? Well... not Jeanne, newly divorced and separated from her children every two weeks. But one morning, her life is about to take such a funny turn that at first glance, nothing has changed... except for one thing!

Some punctual criticisms for this little comic comedy... The woman suffers because of the men and as a reward (punishment) she grows a dick, hey?!? From the middle to the end an unnecessary and misogynistic inversion of value, regular balance, could have reached a new aspect, despite having had its own revenge, reasonable, where masculinity hurts more, in his sexuality...
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8/10
A great addition to an evening and a bottle of wine
alexonlife8 August 2017
Light optimistic comedy. Sometimes even deep analysis on man-woman roles in this world. And not vulgar at all. Happy end included.

From the title I expected a banal Hollywood teen comedy with under belt humour. After the trailer I decided to give it a chance. It's no easy job to play a middle aged woman with that little problem. And Audrey Dana made her work just great.

Can be highly recommended to relax after a hard day.
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10/10
Silly but brilliant
miguelasampaio22 July 2022
Not going to sell this high...it's a pretty silly film. But also challenging to without trying to hard. It's an stereotypical movie about a French woman getting a penis and balls and understanding how some things come...literally...with the package.

The movie for me deserves a 10/10 because its undervalued in a culture were we are raised on only seeing one side of the gender role problematic. It's a much humanistic view of how the world is.
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