“I can’t waste a day on this disaster.”

Yannick

A rebellious French comedy, Yannick seeks to deconstruct the relationship between artist and audience through a disgruntled theatregoer whose heckling derails a low quality play. Its success relies on Raphaël Quenard as the disruptive Yannick, with charm, grievance, and agitation behind his turbulent behaviour. Although there is an ebb and flow to audience sympathy for the characters, Yannick still feels too long at just 67 minutes — either because the premise does not provide sufficient material or because the film can no longer wrong-foot the viewer by the second half. Nevertheless, it succeeds in holding up an entertainingly distorted mirror to the dramatic arts and the purpose they serve.

7/10