Fatal

This is actually a very entertaining and, if certainly not intellectual, then nevertheless still thought-provoking movie.

It is the story of a young man from the picturesque Haute Savoie region of southern France who passes himself off as a ghetto rocker/rapper, and builds a huge career as a flashy rapper. It's all fake, though, and that's what this movie is about: the superficiality of manufactured successes in modern pop music.

At one point, when Fatal's real story is exposed, there is a moment of truth telling: Fatal and his rival express their real feelings to their public. This could easily have become a made-for-TV mess at this point. But it doesn't, because it realizes that audiences don't really want sincerity, they just want the latest manufactured hype.

Not a great movie, certainly, but a very entertaining one with some intelligent ideas well worked out. An American version of this could be very entertaining as well, but I find it hard to believe an American producer would allow it to be this cynical about the nature of modern music audiences.

Knowing Mickael Youn style, FATAL is state of the art. In fact Fatal bazooka series where already funny, this movie is the missing cherry on the cake.

Youn has a way to exaggerate everything in the best, most entertaining way and manages to make you laugh so much, its like seeing Britney spears trying jackass stunts and thus the fun is unstoppable. Being french, I know foreigners who didn't understand french but still laughed their ass off with the series. This film should be translated to all language so that more people can enjoy it. I recommend this movie 100.

If you're looking for a sort of tribute for contemporary French humor mixing a little bit of Les Inconnus with the Guignols de l'Info version of Stallone among other influences, channeled in a film utterly easy to go through with excellent pacing and adequate structure with no relent on the idiotic humor and few breaks if any... then look no further.

This is dumb enough to make you actually enjoy it, with that hint of cleverness ever present from scene to scene and gag to gag. In short, this is wit serving the purpose of idiocy. The viewer just needs to lower their guard and let go of their inhibitions, and level with what's going on in front of them. There's real inspiration behind the bits and the movie doesn't just settle for being a series of blatant caricatures without purpose.

Interestingly enough Michael Youn doesn't just star as the lead character, he also directed and wrote this thing. Which is quite a trick he pulled off as the end result is really a well made and quite frankly enjoyable piece of moronic entertainment which, if you have a little time...why not.

The songs are catchy and believable. The movie doesn't linger and quite likes its transition-less edge. It's dumb as hell, sure, but who isn't dumb as hell at least part of the time: give it a go.

Fans will recognise the comedy style. However the satire is not everybody's cup of tea.

For me, Mickael is the first talented funny guy in France. In a way, he is the De Funès of the XIth century because i'm sure to laugh loudly at everything he does ! Sure his childish humor isn't clean or intellectual spoofs but at the end, it's bull-eye as I laugh and that's the essential ! Here, he makes fun of the showbiz and especially the rap industry ! In a way, as this world is really superficial and nearly illiterate (a paradox for writing lyrics), the ideas come easily. As a director, Mickael is also inspired as the movie pulses and doesn't give headaches ! He is also a brilliant casting director because the Canadian humorist is good as his nemesis and Furnaro is indeed a sublime girlfriend