Harry Me! The Royal Bitch of Buckingham

I went in not knowing what to expect and I genuinely laughed out loud many times and at some point I couldn't stop laughing. Usually when you read comments such as : « hilarious » or « wildly funny », you end up being disappointed. But this film takes you by surprise because it is scandalously politically incorrect. Therefore you will either find it offensive or incredibly refreshing. I loved it because the main (and only) character was helplessly rude and egotistical to the point where you start wondering how she manages not to get punched in the face. You laugh because it is the only appropriate response to such bad behaviour.

If you liked Borat and Bruno then you will love Camilla!

I crave for Camille Cottin, the actress who is the lead here. She is also famous for performing in a mini series shown on Canal Pjus channel where she plays in a hidden camera scheme with very very funny situations. Such as this one, in this film, where she is a sort of weird, lunatic and offensive Young woman dreaming of the Prince Harry and for whom she will stop at anything - and I mean ANYTHING - to achieve her dream. Entirely shot in hidden camera, this feature is itself an outstanding performance. This actress is also very daring, courageous, such as in the scene where she walks among the Horse Guards, with the 7 feet tall impressive horses all around her, with the feeling that they were going to crush her. Whao!!! And this very funny sequence where she climbs the Buckingham Palace fence to meet Prince Harry, and when some policemen finally arrive to arrest her. Camille Cottin later said off screen that, at start, when she grabbed the palace fence, NO ONE tried to prevent her to do that. So this lack of reaction from the authorities would have jeopardize the entire sequence. The ironic thing in this is that, at the beginning, all the shooting crew was afraid of the impossibility they would have met in approaching the Buckingham Palace fence...And the policemen finally took several minutes to arrive to ACTUALLY arrest her. A situation for which every one in the film crew was prepared for to enhance the screenplay.

'A young woman, unsatisfied with her social class, decides to marry someone rich and powerful to be able to stop working and have whatever she wants for the rest of her days'. The 'blurb' says, I can't think of a better way to describe most women. This tripe was a waste of anyone's time, give it a miss.

The attempted female French Borat. Doesn't really work but the "out-takes" at the end are ok.

Marginally amusing

Camille Cottin est vraiment comique dans ce film inusité Le dialogue est très rapide, faut s'y faire !

Camille Cottin is amazingly funny in this unusual style of comedy !