La Folle Histoire de Max & Léon

5/10 (Average)

The two guys from Palmashow, makers of short web comedy videos, wrote this comedy movie and play the main parts.

Max and Leon are idiots who go from adventures to another with no clues on what's happening. They put clothes from others peoples and play, in the movie, the stolen's part.

In a way it's like short comedy videos but longer. Alas the trope's getting way too long mid-movie. You can laugh from some silly situations but that's all there is really.

Maybe they shouldn't have written their own film, or not as first writers at least.

Directing and editing needed more work. And finally, the budget was on the low side. It shows.

Honestly, I could not watch the whole shebang for sanity reason. The level of the "gags" that come at ultra high frequency is so low, one could wonder if it's targeting toddlers or if quantity is supposed to compensate for quality in the director's mind. I guess if you are older than 5 y.o, it probably won't work for you either. It's so lame, I decided to check Jonathan Barré's pedigree. Beside this film, he is responsible for two other disasters, also with Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais. It's worth checking these two on YouTube, it helps understand how money can ever be spent to make such monumental garbage. They apparently have an audience. Pretty sad.

I enjoyed this movie. As a French speaker, I had a general idea of who the Palmashow was, but I never expected to fall in love with their silly and totally absurd humor. This movie is what I could describe as the dumb French son of forest Gump and Monty piton. The best part of this movie is its humor, Yes, it heavily relies on cliche, but it's done in a subtle way to represent and even criticize the French society and its past. Another great aspect of this movie is its plot, it's clearly one of the most weird and absurd plots ive ever watched and even taught its somewhat unoriginal, its unpredictability kept me hooked. One negative aspect of this movie would be its special effects, lets say it, they are clunky at best and I must admit I found them really bad at times, it's important to note thought that this movie was made on a small budget so, It was expected. Overall, its a great movie!

In imdb, it's max and leon, but in kanopy it's la folle histoire de max et léon, or roughly, the silly story of max and leon. Two friends, just trying to avoid going off to war. They were both orphans, from a young age, and have never done an honest day's work. So when they are recruited, they try to go awol. Lots of slapstick humor. At least jerry lewis never showed up! It is pretty similar to an abbott and costello film. Or in this case, a knockoff of spies like us! They are goof-ups, but the higher ups decide they will be useful on a dangerous mission. They even end up on camels, out in the desert! Sound familiar? And later, a drag bar. This one goes all over. The last part is like a long episode of hogan's heroes. It has its funny moments. Directed by jonathan barré.

It's a good comedy similar to Papy fait de la résistance, part silly part absurd. If you like that kind of humor, you'll feel right at home. Full of guests, it really feels like a Palmashow movie, as it should, so if you like their other material, definitely gice this obe a chance...