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Article: `DINNER' WINNER; POPULAR FRENCH DIRECTOR VEBER PLAYS HIS `GAME' TO MUCH CRITICAL ACCLAIM.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- July 28, 1999
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Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer
Love and money were just fine, thank you. But respect is also very nice.
Francis Veber has had an abundance of the former and, just recently, a very satisfying smattering of the latter. Arguably France's most successful filmmaker of the last 30 years, Veber has written and/or directed a raft of broad farces (``La Cage aux Folles,'' ``The Tall Blonde Man With One Black Shoe,'' ``La Chevre,'' ``Les Comperes'') that have been huge box-office successes and inspirations for numerous American remakes, from the dire ``Quick Change'' and ``Buddy Buddy'' to impressive hits like ``The Birdcage.''
But even though his films ...