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This drama examines three amoral young people living in Paris. 18-year-old Nathalie (Marie Gillain) works in a clothing store and dreams of opening her own boutique in the United States. She shares an... read more read more... apartment with her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk) and his slow-witted pal Bruno (Bruno Putzulu); she pays the rent while they stay home and watch crime movies on television. All three are looking for a fast and easy way to make some money, so together they devise a plan. Nathalie will hang out in nightclubs, meet prosperous-looking men, and go home with them. Once she's inside their apartments, she'll let in Eric and Bruno, and they'll rob the place of cash and valuables. The plan works well at first, before things go wrong one night and Eric commands Bruno to kill their victim. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005

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  • gator681
    April 28, 2006
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]In "Fresh Bait", Nathalie(Marie Gillain) is an 18 year old shopgirl(sorry, shopgirl/model) by day. At night, she roams high class bars making contact with wealthy gentlemen trying to forward her career prospects. Her boyfriend, Eric(Olivier Sitruk), has bee... read moren out of work for so long that his father has disowned him. His friend, Bruno(Bruno Putzulu), also terminally unemployed, crashes at Nathalie's apartment which is paid for by her mom. The three of them dream of moving to America where they can own their own store but first they need 10 million Francs. Where is this eternally broke trio supposed to come up with such a sum? Well, they decide on a bold plan of action to rob men chosen out of Nathalie's address book.[/font]
    [font=Century Gothic][/font]
    [font=Century Gothic]While it does feel a little like a film of the French New Wave, "Fresh Bait" is so amateurish and nonsensical that I still wonder if it is meant to be taken seriously.(Director Bertrand Tavernier should know better.) If the characters need such a large amount of money, then why don't they rob a bank? Home invasion is more the style of drug addicts and the quick fix. Overall, the movie might serve as a critique of the invasive influence of American culture on France.(The young men do watch the 1983 version of "Scarface" an awful lot.)[/font]

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Christopher Null
July 17, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

far too intent on capturing the minutaie of the trio's crime to make this a compelling movie Full Review

Jules Brenner
July 11, 2005
Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals

Lovely Marie Gillain exploits her turn in the spotlight as truly voyeuristic bait. But, the story is mindless, the concept adolescent, the pacing feverishly repetitious. Full Review

Lisa Nesselson
March 26, 2009
Lisa Nesselson, Variety

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August 9, 2005
Houston Chronicle

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
August 9, 2005
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Geoff Andrew
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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August 9, 2005
Film4

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