Le tatoué

A hightlight of the French comedy, only Bourvil or Fernandel were missing. I am not a great comedy lover but those French movies from the sixties and seventies were purely "gorgeous", especially with the likes of De Funès and Jean Gabin, who were outstanding. Everything is great, fun, never boring. This is a magical atmosphere, that only the new generations could be bored with. Once more, Jean Gabin gives a very peculiar performance, as he did with LA BARON DE L'ECLUSE, ARCHIMEDE LE CLOCHARD, LE JARDINIER D'ARGENTEUIL...So, if you are a Jean Gabin's fan, don't miss this one. And I don't even speak of Louis De Funès.

I do like both Gabin and Funès. Both together are pretty much a waste of time. Firstly, the plot is completely absurd, up to idiocy, at least with the two Americans. It still could be funny, would it not be the meet-up of two larger-than-life characters. They both work hard on keeping the other down. Just watched Funès 'Oscar' last night and was laughing with tears. The Tattoo has a bunch of funny scenes, but isn't funny throughout.

Just do something more worthwhile with your time.

its virtue - the lead actors. the basic sin - the story. or, more exactly, the improvisation of a chaotic story who has the chance to ignore de Funes and Gabin for a sort of humor who is far to be the most inspired. but it remains a nice film for the small details, for the admirable effort of the actors, for the Exploration of a Jean Gabin who gives a not ordinary side of his art and for the genius of comedy of Louis de Funes .

The story is a fairly absurd little farce that doesn't really go anywhere, but it's possible to enjoy this as just a goofy buddy comedy with some good, irreverent slapstick. Given the lack of subtitles on the copy I watched, you might want to brush up your French first; the dialogue is fast and idiomatic. I missed a good deal of it.

I had this tape for a long time but delayed the review until the last moment as this FUFU movie is also a Gabin one. As much as Fufu is a true icon, I never liked Gabin and never understand why he sould be in French Pantheon: he is rustic, gruff, never smiling, one attitude fits all so well a real pain in the what you think. Maybe it's because the contrast is so huge that here Fufu really shines with his fallacious deals and really human defects. The movie also has Garvarentz as a music composer and his soundtrack is really swinging!