A surprising movie

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this flick. Basically, it is once again one of those remakes of a popular French comedy (it is usually not a good omen...) and the fact that I found Martin Short most of the time really obnoxious didn’t help either. Eventually, I must admit it, it was not bad at all after all which was rather surprising. Short was indeed rather annoying but he didn't ruin the movie and there were actually many over the top and really hilarious scenes. I wonder if I saw the original French movie starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard (I used to find him hilarious when I was a kid). Back then, Francis Veber (who also directed this remake) made 3 movies back-to-back with those guys and these movies were big successes in France. There is a fair chance that the original was actually much better but I was still really entertained by this US version which displays the versatility of Nick Nolte, a great thespian and probably one of the most underrated actors ever. To conclude, even though it is far from being a masterpiece, I think it was decent comedy and it is definitely worth a look.

6/10