OSS 117 is another star vehicle for Jean Dujardin, star of the ill-fated BRICE DE NICE. He fairs much better here as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath than as his own creation, BRICE DE NICE, which was great at the beginning but was painfully unfunny for most of the film. Dujardin is fun as the clueless French espion, if you can tolerate his mugging (some of my friends found it annoying). The comedy is light and breezy but it's not laugh out loud funny. It made me smile but not laugh out.
The best thing about OSS 117 is the look of the film. Shot in Morocco, the production values are beautiful and perfectly captures the early James Bond films with Sean Connery. In fact, one can almost see Dujardin as Bond, if he didn't play it for comedy. Dujardin has star quality and his future in the movies is guaranteed. I can't wait for him to star in something than the average stuff he's doing right now. His break-out role in a break-out movie has yet to come.
The best thing about OSS 117 is the look of the film. Shot in Morocco, the production values are beautiful and perfectly captures the early James Bond films with Sean Connery. In fact, one can almost see Dujardin as Bond, if he didn't play it for comedy. Dujardin has star quality and his future in the movies is guaranteed. I can't wait for him to star in something than the average stuff he's doing right now. His break-out role in a break-out movie has yet to come.