Seducing Dr. Lewis
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Deception And Seduction On The Road To Regaining One's Happiness
  • Wonderful Canadian Story!
  • A funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you...
  • WONDERFULLY FUNNY & CHARMING
  • A Comedy for the Quebec-Lover in You <3
Seducing Dr. Lewis
Starring: Raymond Bouchard , Dominic Michon-Dagenais , Guy-Daniel Tremblay , Nadia Drouin , and Rita Lafontaine
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0006H30F4
Release Date: 2005-01-25

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Seducing Dr. Lewis makes a pleasant addition to the quirky subgenre of what might be called "village comedies"--movies in which the oddball residents of a small village must work together to perpetrate some mild scam or bit of mischief (examples abound, from Waking Ned Devine to Saving Grace to Local Hero). The isolated Canadian community of St.-Marie-La-Mauderne desperately needs a new industry, but the factory they're trying to win requires a resident doctor. When a young doctor from Montreal (David Boutin) gets blackmailed into spending a month in the village, the prickly inhabitants go overboard to woo him--they learn to cook Beef Stroganoff, form a cricket team, and tap his phone. It's all a bit preposterous, but that's part of the charm; this kind of movie thrives on being just a tiny bit over the top. The daffy doings keep one foot on the ground thanks to a combination of skilled character actors (like Raymond Bouchard, who plays the town's struggling mayor) and mysterious girls (like Lucie Laurier, the beautiful postmistress). Fans of The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain will find much to enjoy here. --Bret Fetzer

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Jean-Francois Pouliot's Sundance Film Festival award-winning film is the beguiling story of a ragtag fishing community on a tiny, impoverished island who must persuade a young Montreal-based doctor to live in their town in order to get a much needed factory. And thus the seduction of the young Doctor Lewis (David Boutin) begins, as the entire village works to convince a big-city, cosmopolitan doctor that this isolated village is the ideal place to live. From pretending to love cricket to preparing a "Festival de Beef Stroganoff, (his favorite dish)" the villagers will do anything they can to keep Dr. Lewis. However, as Dr. Lewis begins to fall under their spell, will they end up going too far?

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Deception And Seduction On The Road To Regaining One's Happiness.......2007-08-02

Note: French with English subtitles.

Synopsis: With the departure of the once plentiful fishing livelihood the quaint island township of St-Marie-La Mauderne is now on the verge of extinction. Their only chance for survival is to convince a plastic company to build a factory on their island that would provide jobs and self-esteem to a community on welfare. However there are two major obstacles they must first overcome if they have any hope of attracting big business;

1- They must have a population of at least 210 residents and
2- The must have a full-time Doctor living and practicing on the island.

Those are definitely problems since they have a population of only 110 people. Now attracting a doctor, that's a problem they might be able to do something about. This film tells the story about how they went about saving their way of life.

Critique: Released in '02 the lighthearted film `Seducing Dr. Lewis' (La Grande Seduction) is what I like to think of as Quebec's answer to `Waking Ned Devine'. While this French Canadian film is not as quirky or imaginative as the '98 British comedy set in a rural Irish community it does possess a quiet charm all its own, creating an engaging, likeable cast of characters that should sufficiently charm the audience for the duration of the film.

My Rating: 3 1/2 Stars.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Canadian Story!.......2007-05-14

For those who are looking for a funny, Canadian story, this is it. Yes, it has subtitles, but it is both charming and delightful. I highly recommend it!!

3 out of 5 stars A funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you..........2006-12-08

"Seducing Dr. Lewis" (2002) is a French Canadian film that I enjoyed, and that is likely to please the spectator that simply wants to be entertained. From my point of view, this is a funny albeit somewhat predictable film, that will make you laugh but that won't surprise you.

The story takes place in a remote and very small village, St. Marie-La-Mauderne, where people cannot find work and must ask for welfare checks. That makes them extremely sad, almost gloomy, because for them a job means dignity, and that is something they don't think they have.

Thanksfully, hope appears for the citizens of St. Marie-La-Mauderne in the form of a project to build a factory. Unfortunately, there is a condition they will need to fulfill, as the factory will only be built if they can find a doctor that wants to live in their town.

Of course, when chance brings Dr. Lewis to their little town for a short séjour, the citizens of St. Marie-La-Mauderne are extremely happy, and prepared to do everything to make him realize that their town is an ideal place to live. How far will they go? Well, just rent this dvd and watch. It won't be boring :)

Belen Alcat

5 out of 5 stars WONDERFULLY FUNNY & CHARMING.......2006-08-12

This movie is simply entertaining and funny. There is nothing in it that you have to overthink or try to figure out...just sit back and enjoy...and laugh! We just need more movies like this...why doesn't hollywood get that!?

4 out of 5 stars A Comedy for the Quebec-Lover in You <3.......2006-06-02

**Being a current student of French studying Quebecois culture, I chose to write this review in French, for the Francophones who may feel a little left out on the critique of one of their own movies.**


« La Grande Séduction » est une grande comédie québécoise qu'on doit voir bientôt. La ville Sainte Marie La Moderne dans le nord du Québec était en ruines, avec tout le monde en sécurité sociale et en chômage. Mais le maire de la ville, Germain Lesage (Raymond Bouchard) a de l'espoir pour leur ville. Il veut qu'une fabrique vienne pour donner du travail et les negotions encore un fois. Mais pour cela d'arriver, on a besoin d'un docteur pour le peuple. Quand un jeune homme, le Docteur Lewis (David Boutin) écrit qu'il arrive pour voir la ville, les gens font une grande opération pour lui plaisir. Ils ont changée toute la ville pour être ce qu'il aime, et le docteur vraiment commence d'aimer la belle ville marinière. A la fin, le jeune docteur compte rendu de ce que tout est une mensonge- mais avec les meilleures intentions. Il décide de vivre dans la ville et travailler comme leur docteur. C'est vraiment une bonne fin.
Ce film est génial pour beaucoup de raisons, la première est le choix des acteurs. Ils démontrent physiquement les différences culturelles entre les régions du même pays. Le jeune docteur Smith est de la grande ville, Montréal, et il a beaucoup de savoir faire et il ne sait rien de la vie rurale. Il est beau et les choses matérielles sont importantes pour lui, au départ. A l'autre coté sont les gens de la Sainte Marie, surtout Germain et Yvon (Pierre Collin), qui ont les visages de ceux qui ont travail pour beaucoup d'ans. Ils sont durs de constitution et de mots, avec beaucoup de rides, et ils ne savent rien de la vie urbaine. Les deux cotés des hommes sont à la même fois naïve de la vie de l'autre.
L'interprétation faite pour les acteurs était très bonne aussi, parce qu'ils sont les acteurs québécois très connus. Bien sur, l'utilisation d'une ville réel dans le nord du Québec a donne au film une sentiment de la familiarité et réalité- ce n'est pas une scène crée pour Hollywood. Les gens de la ville peuvent être les gens de n'importe pas ville; parce que toujours la famille, le travail, et le bonheur sont les choses le plus importantes. C'est très important que ce film a les acteurs vraiment québécois, parce qu'ils ont besoin de représentation dans le monde cinématique. Petit à petit, avec les films réussis pour tout le monde comme ce film ci, le Québec toujours accumule le respect qu'elle mérite.
La musique est une composante essentielle de chaque film, qui peut donner une certaine émotion au lecteur. La bande sonore de La Grande Séduction est une belle mélange des émotions qui incluent la tristesse, le bonheur, la fête, et le réflexion, tout a travers du ton, du son et du rythme de la musique. Jean-Marie Benoît, le compositeur, nous donne le sentiment de vivre dans cette petite ville qui est rustique et calme, et aussi nous donne le sens de la vie urbaine de Montréal, qui est complètement le contraire.
Ce film n'est pas une histoire originale, mais c'est une comédie propre que toute la famille peut apprécier. Les personnages sont très connus et semblables de nous-mêmes, de chaque personnage qui apparaît dans la vie actuelle. La bande sonore est le parfait fonde pour un voyage au nord du Québec. Et les rôles joués pour les acteurs sont géniaux et amusants à la fois. On veut voir ce film pour rire et pour voir un peu de la vie québécoise qu'est normalement cachée.

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