A good movie

Since I have enjoyed all the movies directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, I was really eager to check this flick. Eventuallly, even though I enjoyed it, it must be, unfortunately, his weakest directing so far (yeah, even the critically panned 'Alien: Resurrection' was better than this in my opinion). The first disappointment was that Jamel Debbouze was cast as the lead but dropped out and was replaced by another famous French comedian, Dany Boon who had just reached some major success with 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'ti'. Indeed, Debbouze was an appealing choice but Boon was a let-down since he is usually pretty annoying. Well, eventually, I have to admit that Danny Boon was actually decent here. Futhermore, as usual, Jeunet created a very appealing world, visually some impressive combination between 'Delicatessen' and 'Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'. Unfortunately, the story was rather weak. Indeed, with a short running time (just 90 minutes) , there was barely enough time to develop the characters which were not really interesting. The plot was not much better, going rather randomly from one scene to another. So, the whole thing was rather disappointing but, like everything done by Jeunet, the directing and production design was really good and only therefore, I still enjoyed this flick. Anyway, to conclude, after 5 long years, Jeunet didn't really deliver the goods but I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like his work like I do.

7/10