By far one of the worst Charlots films
I grew up with French cinema and comedy. One of the main things to understand about French films is that you truly can't translate them. Most of the humor is in the language and the nuance in the words chosen. Movies like "La Chèvre" and "Les Compères" got remade in the US, but lost all the finesse of their humor in the English slapstick execution.
That said, this film is nothing like that. Honestly, the script is awful and terribly lacking in comedy. It's an amalgamation of trying to fit together too many different part and end up an incoherent mess.
Even Phil nods to the audience at the end saying "Did you get any of this? I sure didn't..."
The better works of Les Charlots are mostly the Claude Zidi films, "Le Grand Bazar" being one of my favorites, which even today still remains very funny.
That said, this film is nothing like that. Honestly, the script is awful and terribly lacking in comedy. It's an amalgamation of trying to fit together too many different part and end up an incoherent mess.
Even Phil nods to the audience at the end saying "Did you get any of this? I sure didn't..."
The better works of Les Charlots are mostly the Claude Zidi films, "Le Grand Bazar" being one of my favorites, which even today still remains very funny.
- vandenheuvelfilip
- 26 feb 2023