Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.
That's Life (1998) is a French comedy road movie with a likable premise built on an unlikely trio dynamic. The plot hits familiar road-movie and buddy-comedy beats—prison break, hostage situation, unlikely friendship—but executes them with enough charm and comedic energy to stay engaging. The acting carries the film, with the leads finding good chemistry, though no performance is particularly revelatory. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable, typical of late-90s French comedy productions without distinctive visual ambition. Novelty sits at a modest above-average level: the three-way dynamic (con man, bumbling cop, civilian) gives it a slightly fresher spin than a standard two-hander, even if the genre framework is well-worn. The ending wraps things up warmly but predictably, consistent with the film's overall pleasant but unexceptional tone.