Les vacances du petit Nicolas

Since I do not have access to Parental guide editing, I am adding it here as FYI. The movie has a scene where a woman can be seen running away from the camera completely nude. Keep this in mind if you are considering this movie for young kids. The male character is nude as well, his critical parts are hidden behind a piece of garment (held in his hand).

I liked the first movie much better. The actor who played Nicholas in the first movie was great. Even though the new actor is very good, I would have loved to see the same actor for continuity. Kad Merad is great as always.

Charming comedy from France about a boy's holiday with his parents, set a few decades ago.

Despite the flawed subtitles on Amazon that kept displaying 1 as 'I', I enjoyed almost every second of this kid's misadventures with his motley crew of friends. It has all the elements of traditional farce, with some misunderstandings and classic slapstick thrown in too.

All the cast are great, and the director really captures what it must've been like in vacationing in a traditional seaside France town during the mid-20th century. Funny and entertaining for almost it's entire run length, this gets an easy 7/10 from me.

Colourful and nice film. It is so good to see routine facts from kids view.

Those simple and delicate children's movies straight out of the 80's, there's no way not to love it, I watched together with my goddaughter, pleasant warm and cozy...

colors and photography and humor. all from the same spirit of summer holiday. so French than becomes, scene by scene, universal. nothing special. except a form of joy who remains refreshing. because it is a film about childhood essence and about family. about small things, details, cinema industry and good choices. about a form of life , desired by everybody, innocent, seductive, comfortable. beach, room of hotel, meets - few magical. memories about the films by Tati and about similar stories. Valerie Lemercier and Kad Merad doing great job. Luca Zingaretti as seductive director . and eulogy to an unique age and its force of imagination.