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First time reviewing a movie here because i can't believe the other negative reviews.

First off this is probably very specifically targeted to french people from the suburbs. There are ALOT of jokes & situations that are hilarious because they reflect real life here in France. It is not 'what rich white boys expect of the ghetto'.

I saw this movie way back, and again when it came to netflix. If you are french and want a good laugh i would advise it. If you despice 'ghetto culture' then this is not for you.

You'll either cherish the drawings/the style they used to draw this or you are going to hate it. It's pretty flat and "old school" so to speak. And of course it is not for children! Another example that not everything animated is made for children (ask the Japanese and/or watch some of their Anime's).

A very great ensemble cast (Vincent Cassel and more) make up the very recognisable voice cast. They obviously have a lot of fun making the movie. Unfortunately, though there is much hilarity to be seen, this follows a very familiar pattern (at being politically incorrect), which makes the movie very foreseeable, even quite some jokes don't come as a surprise. Still a very good try and some will even like it more, than myself. Especially those who are familiar with the french language. I had to rely on the subtitles ...

This cartoon is a jewel, thanks to the drawings and a story full of creativity! The Lascars spend their summer holiday in the suburbs of Paris, in a ghetto made of concrete where selling pot is one of the best jobs you can get. You need to speak very well French to understand the dialogs, or be used to the "verlan" where syllables are reversed. The movie is damned funny, once again thanks to the drawings and the dialogs. Situations are so realistic and yet so absurd, that they are bound to trigger laughter. The movie is based on the success of 1-minute shorts that could be seen on French TV Canal Plus (you can find them on the net, that will give you an idea). The movie manages to go beyond by creating a long story that makes the characters touching. I hope we will be able to enjoy soon Les Lascars 2.

Lascars is yet another example of what happens all too often when people want to make an animated movie for adults. They're too concerned with proving that it isn't for kids, so they spend all their effort on awful Family Guy-quality writing, where every joke is simply acknowledging that sex and drugs exist. If you have a mental age above 13, this movie will be a horribly insulting waste of your time.

The animation, designs, color work, all the technical aspects show a lot of talent and effort. It's heartbreaking to see that so many talented people wasted their work on such a lazy, garbage script.

On every level the story is an obnoxious failure. There is a generic plot about two stoner friends trying to make some money and impress a rich girl. One friend is slightly more serious and one is slightly more goofy, but they are otherwise the exact same character copy-pasted. They don't have any funny dynamic together, they're just 2 boring losers who bumble around for 90 minutes. Each scene is a lame skit that hits you over the head with a one-note joke that never amounts to anything.

The content of this film is really nothing but entry-level "ha ha, sex exists" and "ha ha, drugs exist" humor with no irony or effort. I've already compared it to Family Guy, but the "comedy" in this movie is honestly even lazier.

Outside of that, you have painfully sexist material in which one of the sleazy heroes thinks his new rich girlfriend just might be cheating on him, so he trashes her house with a huge party, he makes out with as many girls as he can, he never learns any lesson or does anything to redeem himself... and then the rich girl STILL comes back to him in the end like a loyal pet. That's the film's "happy ending." I can excuse filmmakers who come from a narrow-minded background and reflect this in some unintentional way. But no matter how you slice it, this movie has an in-your-face message that's utterly vile. It paints this horrible person as the good guy and presents the woman as a trophy who deserves no self-respect.

In making this trash, the filmmakers show horrible disrespect for their hard-working crew, for their audience, and for anyone who enjoys animation. They seem to say "if you like cartoons, you deserve garbage." If you want to watch an animated film for adults in an urban setting with some raunchy humor, see Nerdland instead. It has actual characters, an actual plot, and actually gives you an entertaining story instead of wasting your time. France may have a reputation for producing classy animation, but Lascars is a moronic, depressing and insulting exception to that trend.