An average movie

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it had been a huge box-office success in France, I thought I might as well check it out. Indeed, even though ‘Intouchables’ has been for a while the most successful French movie of all time, it is in fact not the most successful French movie in France. Indeed, this title has been held by this movie for more than a decade already. To be honest, the damned thing looked awful and I was expecting something seriously offensive. However, I have to admit that it wasn’t so bad after all. Of course, they made fun of the Ch'tis, the people living in the north of France with a very specific dialect (in fact, I have to admit that I had never heard this dialect before), but, eventually, it actually gave a really positive view on this region and, above all, on the people living there. However, like most successful French comedies, I’m afraid the plot was still pretty idiotic though. Seriously, Zoé Félix was really lovely but her character was just cringe-inducing and, above all, the whole idea of her husband pretending that his life in the North was horrible because, apparently, it would improve their marriage was just ludicrous and, above all, not funny whatsoever. Seriously, there were probably many other ideas which would have been more interesting or entertaining. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie probably didn’t deserve to become such a massive success in France, it is eventually rather harmless and I guess it might be worth a look but only if you really like the genre.


6/10