Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154498 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-04-25
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: French
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 80 minutes

Customer Reviews

Witty and absorbing
I first saw this movie during a 'work do' - the CEO organising a cinema evening instead of the usual Italian restaurant. Being a transport company, with many Yorkshiremen, the title of the film was kept secret until the evening itself, and even then only announced once everyone had absorbed the free booze and were sitting in the screening room.

Despite the sceptical atmosphere, once the film started, even the most Yorkshire-and-manly of the audience was gripped and amused. When it finished most 'admitted' they had really enjoyed it - this! a subtitled flick!

Anyway, the premise is a rather cruel game played by a group of male friends who get together for dinner every Tuesday, bringing with them the most boring or cretinous individual they can. The winner is the one who brings the most idiotic idiot.

The protagonist's idiot is an Inland Revenue Inspector with a passion for matchstick models. Despite his geekiness, the idiot becomes the unlikely hero. We cheer as he tells the wife that 'I'm sure he loves you really - he's planning to leave his wife for you' following mistress/wife confusions. We laugh when the even geekier fellow Inland Revenue Inspector friend comes round and finds things to tax. The movie is a joy, deliciously French, farcical, very funny. When's it out as a region 2 DVD? It should be! I can't wait.

PS The idiot never does get to the dinner party!

There are some amazingly damning reviews about this film...
... but I found myself helpless with laughter, tears streaming down my face at various points. Great farce, enormous fun. Can't quite see why some critics get so exercised about what is ultimately a harmless but nonetheless delightfully entertaining piece

very very funny
a great film and very funny. A great story, and beautifully executed. See it.