... because this movie's humour is typically referring to French references all the time. Unless you watched French tv all the time, knew every character of Dujardin's previous standup shows, or knew the codes of movies aimed at a French audience only for three or four decades, produced by the same guys and featuring the same bunch of actors, you're missing 99% of the jokes. So, yes, you are right that it's watchable. It's not good, but it's vaguely watchable. But it's not meant for foreign audiences, it's not aimed at being understood, it's filled with inside jokes, and... it's a problem. It's French culture living in complete autharcy and in complete denial of what's happening in the rest of the world. Much much more than the US do. But indeed, in the same fashion, yep. Not with the same talent or accessibility. It *wants* to be niche.