How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

Directed by Michel Audiard

Produced by Les Films du Jeudi, Gaumont International

197490 min5.5 / 10

An absurdist comedy about a manipulative, emotionally stunted salesman and the equally unconventional woman who pursues him, built on bizarre character premises and irreverent humor.

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.

Questions people ask

  • Is How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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46/ 100

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity93

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Surprise62

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Love8

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