‘Yannick’ Review: A Brechtian Heckler Hijacks the Show in Quentin Dupieux’s Absurdist Delight
variety.comPeter Debruge pmc-editorial-manager “you’re full of hate and frustrations. you should take a break,” director Quentin Dupieux once tweeted at me, immediately following my review of his 2014 film “Reality.” In another world, someone might have advised him against picking a fight with a film critic.
You know, never quarrel with a man who buys ink by the barrel, and all that. But I didn’t mind. I’d said some harsh things about his movie.
Seems only fair that he could retort. (In my experience, film critics are some of the thinnest-skinned people around. But it’s my firm belief: If you dish it, you should be prepared to take it as well.) In Dupieux’s latest, “Yannick,” the title character is a critic (an amateur one, at least, like every human being who goes to the theater).
Like Dupieux, Yannick does the unthinkable, expressing his displeasure. In a way. That. Is. Not. Done. He opens his mouth during the show.
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