The Worst Film Ever

Please don't spend money on this.

Captivating movie !

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

We meet OSS-117 and his friend Jack (OSS-283) in an opening sequence from World War II. We meet the Princess then as well.Years later, Jack is dead, supposedly, and OSS-117 gets drawn into Cairo to see how Jack met his end.Larmina is assigned as his local guide and contact. The Princess is involved this time around as well.The gag about code sentences goes on and on and on. The dual conducted with thrown chickens was worth a chuckle.When he finds the object of his investigations, it's...the Nazis the film started with, plus some locals, of course.How will the hero resolve this? Surprises await.----Scores-----Cinematography: 8/10 Quite good for the most part.Sound: 8/10 I liked the incidental music very much.Acting: 8/10 Played as straight drama, not very good. Played as parody, reasonably funny. Definitely a lot of tongue in cheek acting in this film. Jean Dujardin is quite convincing as the culturally ignorant blow-hard OSS-117.Screenplay: 5/10 Dragged. Much as I liked the three principal actors, it dragged.Editing, continuity: 5/10 Driving in an open convertible, the lead actors don't have their hair mussed, and cigarette smoke rises slowly and vertically? The late 1950s to 1960's look was fairly good. In the opening sequence, the propeller plane came across as hokey, rather than authentic.

What I liked about this film was it took the James bond 007 movie idea and made it into a comedy. I did not like the humor I found it to be corny and a little to dry.The Director Michel Hazanavicius Was born and raised in Paris. Started off in Short Films then moves on to the 0SS 117 spy movies.He is best known for The Artist it won the Academy Award best Picture and won him Best Director .He has won Countless awards for his films and the OSS 117 was nominated for a French Cesar for best writing and won 2 awards At the Seattle film festival and Tokyo Film festival. Two idea's I felt were raised in this movie are it does not matter how good you are it matters how hard you try. He is not the best Agent he seems to get into more trouble by getting killed and followed through out the movie. Another idea raised is you can not always trust a pretty face. He seems to let his attraction for women get the best of him which lead him to trouble through out the movie. I felt the music helped make the fighting scenes and movie funnier with the loud bang or drums and horns. It also help set the mood for being in Egypt. The action effects were not impress they were very staged you saw them coming which took away from the humor of the movie and what the director was trying to capture.

If you're into James Bond, loved Top Secret and Clouseau, then you're going to love this one, too. And I'm glad it exists, because there had been a drought regarding really good spoofs recently! I saw this movie just recently for the first time, and the only reason I stayed with it while zapping was Jean Dujardin. My first thought was, "Weird guy, his face is like made from rubber", his range of facial expressions is really impressive, but his precision, too - you can clearly see that he must have invested a lot of work in his abilities. I liked Val Kilmer in Top Secret, but that movie lived off the hilarious ideas of the directors more than off the acting, and in this movie, it's the other way round - it's tailor-made for Dujardin, and he makes the most out of it. After seeing him, you'll immediately know what Connery was all about, as he's being dissected by Dujardin. No wonder he was perfect for playing a silent movie actor! Add a good prise of "super-agent"-daftness à la Sellers-Clouseau and on the other side, very intelligent puns (including "secret gems" :)) by the directing and screenplay, and voilà, you'll be entertained for an hour and a half. In a review, one would expect that the negative stuff one noticed will be discussed, too. You must excuse me, but - if there was any, I couldn't notice as I couldn't stop laughing! (The guitar scene is HILARIOUS).10 out of 10, can't help it!This is an instant classic, and it makes me want to see more from Dujardin, but from OSS-117 as well!

Fans of the Pink Panther, Naked Gun, or Get Smart will certainly enjoy this farce that won one César and was nominated for four more.Jean Dujardin is Agent OSS 117, a man who wouldn't know a clue if it hit him upside the head. He is also a reflection of the colonialist attitude indicative of the West.All of the Russian spies, Nazis, and Muslim radicals around him are just as stupid, but there is Larmina (Bérénice Bejo) and the Princess (Aure Atika) to keep things interesting.OSS 117's uncanny ability to pick up languages, play musical instruments the first time he picks them up, and sing like a native are all more impressive than Bond's tricks, but he is still stupid.