OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Michel Hazanavicius

Writers:

Jean Bruce (character)
Jean-François Halin (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 April 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Asian Stereotype | Racist | Retro Style Secret Agent | Male Underwear | Female Agent

Cast

Jean Dujardin	...	Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
Louise Monot	...	Dolorès Koulechov
Rüdiger Vogler	...	Von Zimmel
Alex Lutz	...	Heinrich
Reem Kherici	...	Carlotta
Pierre Bellemare	...	Lesignac
Ken Samuels	...	Trumendous
Serge Hazanavicius	...	Staman
Laurent Capelluto	...	Kutner
Cirillo Luna	...	Hippie 'Pomme d'amour'
Moon Dailly	...	La comtesse
Walter Shnorkell	...	Fayolle
Philippe Hérisson	...	Mayeux
Nicky Marbot	...	Castaing
Christelle Cornil	...	Mlle Ledentu

Also Known As:

OSS 117 - Lost in Rio (USA)

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Company:

Mandarin Films

Movie Connections:

Follows OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions (2006)

Call me stupid, Hubert Stupid

A spy spoof where the hero is a low-brow and self-important tough guy? Well, we're nowhere close to a genius idea, yet it proves to be a really fine approach when depicting racial/sexual prejudices in that big jaw-dropping mouth of OSS117.

Unfortunately he will never be made to look altogether ridiculous. His female sidekick has the unredeeming part of standing one foot in reality while listening to the French agent's abysmal puns without ever punching him in the mouth.

All this stuffy stuff is a big joke, OSS117 is a funny a**hole (at least he thinks he's funny) and nothing is serious. The movie ends up as stupid as its main character, except for a couple of fine one-liners. I suppose we can call this a success as long as there is an audience willing to revere in dumb and dumber bouts of action canned with zero respect for the craft of visual storytelling. A full bag of (mostly) terrible jokes will never make up for the skills of polishing a storyline and building characters, even stupid characters. Even more über stupid characters.