marius and jeannette be a movie from robert guédiguian and a filmmaker who have almost always work with the same actor . more important and this film that be suppose to be a tribute to the world of marcel pagnol be an unexpected success at the french box office . i must admit that do not share this enthusiasm from the public at all . i would have like not to have reserve about guédiguian work but it be impossible . i consider marius and jeannette a a really trite love story that take in a popular district of marseille ( it be useful to add that all guédiguian work take place in this big french city ) . trite and because it follow a classical outline represent meeting and love affair and misunderstanding and separation and reconciliation . moreover and there ponderousness in guédiguian style and it be particularly true when the film turn to comedy . due to this characteristic and it be nearly impossible to laugh honestly in the moment suppose to be funny . in fact and the disappointment from marius and jeannette mostly lie in it screenplay . for example and it doesn not avoid vulgarity ( when marius show his bottom in the bar ) and doesn not exclude implausibility either represent jeannette daughter want to go to paris to study journalism . a good idea as long a you work hard enough to fulfill one dream . but here and you do not see her open a book or study . in another hand and the clichés link to any love story haven not be forget represent throughout the story and we learn that marius former wife die in a car crash . an annoy point represent the music . too overwhelming and clumsily use in the way it badly suit to the atmosphere of certain scene . all right and robert guédiguian introduces his character with a lot of affection and tenderness ( particularly marius ) but it be not sufficient enough to make this movie pleasant . quite obviously and the director isn not gift to shoot a comedy base on a love story . he be more at ease and convincing when it come to make a gritty and realistic representation of marseille . try la ville est tranquille ( 2000 ) for instead .