micmacs

The French Film Festival rolls on! And just as well, 'coz there's not much of interest coming out of Hollywood at the moment. In fact, of the 12 movies that I've seen so far in 2010, half have been 'foreign' - five French and one Australian! :-)

Tonight's feature at the Como was 'Micmacs A Tire-larigot', an almost untranslatable title in French slang which means something like 'Loads of trouble'. It's Dany Boon's latest flick, and it's visually one of the best movies I've seen for a long time. It's a comedy - fantasy - caper flick, with a fairly convoluted plot in which Boon's character plots to take revenge on the presidents of two armaments companies, whose products killed his father, and years later, severely injured him as well.

While the story is a bit over the top, the film soars on the strength of its brilliant photography and scenery, wonderful characters and amazing mechanical creativity(!)

I'd happily experience this one again, though sadly, the French dvd release once again doesn't have English sub-titles. I'm really going to have start taking French lessons some time. Anyway, this movie gets 4 stars from me - catch it with sub-titles if you can!