When this was first released, I remember laughing. Then again, I was 9 or 10 at the time.
Now, I'm 27 and I understand why my child self (and, indeed, most of the other children) liked in this movie: the smörgåsbord of juvenile humour: from farts to pulling faces, random fish-out-of-water gags that long outlast their welcome (the "jour/nuit" gag, in particular, goes on for a tedious length of time), adults yelling and more farts.
The fact that the whole cast was greatly overacting would obviously have escaped me; the contrived plot contented me. But no more. They've shown it again a few days ago, and this time, I could see this movie for what it is: tripe. A mouthful proved too much, I couldn't finish it.
If you're nine, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, probably not.
Now, I'm 27 and I understand why my child self (and, indeed, most of the other children) liked in this movie: the smörgåsbord of juvenile humour: from farts to pulling faces, random fish-out-of-water gags that long outlast their welcome (the "jour/nuit" gag, in particular, goes on for a tedious length of time), adults yelling and more farts.
The fact that the whole cast was greatly overacting would obviously have escaped me; the contrived plot contented me. But no more. They've shown it again a few days ago, and this time, I could see this movie for what it is: tripe. A mouthful proved too much, I couldn't finish it.
If you're nine, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, probably not.