Adieu les cons

Only 12 reviews on Imdb, for such a lovely, original, quirky, witty and endearing French comedy. Definitely an unknown gem!

The good: this story is hilarious. It simply is. And hilarious is all a comedy needs to be. But this movie is much more. It's an endearing tale of motherly love and of love in general. It's better to die young and have loved passionately than to haved lived long and never have felt TRUE LOVE.

The story is about a mother, who had to give away her baby at birth. Now the mother is dying, but she wants to find her lost son before her illness takes her last breath.

Of all people the mother asks (out of neccesity) the help of a suicidal deskclerk and a flirtatious blind man to find her lost son. It's completely bonkers, with suicide attempt, police chases and shootouts, but it is undeniably OH SO FUNNY.

Bless the French for making such HUMAN and PASSIONATE comdies!

French films are a world apart -for good- and this is problably one of the very best you could watch right now. Original, imaginative and very well shot. Outstanding casting.

I watched Au Revoir Là-Haut (See You Up There for the English title) followed by Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons for the English title), both movies by writer/director Albert Dupontel, in which he also plays the major role. I can only say I'm a fan from now on. Au Revoir Là-Haut was more artistic than Adieu Les Cons, but they are both very enjoyable to watch. Adieu Les Cons is something different from the rest, with an interesting engaging story that is easy to follow and that has nice inventive twists and turns, it's all well written, but also very well acted and that from the whole cast. It clearly deserves it's high rating on here. I can't see what people could dislike about this movie. It's certainly one of the better French movies I watched this decennia. You can't really compare it to Au Revoir Là-Haut which has a totally different story but you certainly recognize that typical vibe you get from Albert Dupontel.

What a delightful touching comedy !

Great casting !

Magical mix of unlikely allies !!

Recommend viewing.

Sorry but I definitely could not get it. I could not say if this movie was to laugh or to wep, was it a comedy or a downbeat drama, an amusing social satyre or a gloomy story about people fighting against somethng stronger than them in a combat lost in advance? I was totally bewildered in front of this mix up. I know that's the Dupontel speciality but here, I could not make it. That doesn't mean the movie is awful, lousy or uninteresting. No, just that too much tragedy kills comedy, and too much comedy kills tragedy. You can't have both. That"s my own opinion.