★ 6 / 10
Dumb, Dumber, and Proud of It
marclenglet80
When YouTubers convince themselves that writing and shooting a feature film can't be that different from knocking out a sketch or a stream, it usually ends…
When YouTubers convince themselves that writing and shooting a feature film can't be that different from knocking out a sketch or a stream, it usually ends very badly-as the truly abominable Pas très normales activités and Le Manoir can sadly attest. Mister V was already slumming it in the latter, and it's probably a blessing I'd entirely erased that fact from memory, because otherwise I might have instinctively rejected Mc Walter. Which would have been a shame.Because while the finished product is very far from a masterpiece, it at least radiates a genuine love for 80s-90s Hollywood action cinema, its clichés and its archetypes, all of which it gleefully pillages to fuel this parody. That's not its only asset either: the film borrows as much from La Cité de la peur as it does from the ZAZ school of comedy.Barely restrained by Simon Astier's direction, Mister V is fearless. He knows he's written a gloriously brain-dead comedy, and instead of hedging his bets, he doubles down-then triples down-plunging ever deeper into stupidity with an obstinacy that would have earned the respect of peak-era Éric & Ramzy circa La Tour Montparnasse infernale. He's fully aware that some of his jokes are rotten to the point of embarrassment, but he doesn't care: the goal is to fire one every ten seconds, never allowing the audience the luxury of processing what they're witnessing.Truth be told, some of the most childish, self-deprecating gags might even trigger discomfort-or a sense of being personally insulted-in viewers a little more tightly wound than yours truly. And to the film's credit, it manages to cram together wildly different types of humour in a single, incoherent free-for-all: cartoonish visual effects, groan-worthy wordplay, absurd situations and misunderstandings, repetition gags-something for boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z alike.I'll admit it: the jokes aimed at the latter sailed clean over my head (Skibidi toilet and all that). But then again, some eras are darker than others-for humour as much as for everything else.
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★ 3 / 10
anatoleparent
Humor is very bad, lot of jokes that aren't funny are repeated too much. The actor's plays are sometimes ok and sometimes just bad. Dialogue is not great…
Humor is very bad, lot of jokes that aren't funny are repeated too much. The actor's plays are sometimes ok and sometimes just bad. Dialogue is not great either. That humor seems to be for children at best. I do not recommend. I have to give a few points for one or two scene that has a good staging and then remove those point as for the rest of the movie, you will be constantly asking yourself, what is that staging, can't believe it !
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★ 7 / 10
A very Mister V humor
ElieL-841
"I'm not a fan of French comedies, even if they are part of my own culture. Still, I went out of my way to support this one. It's true that Mister V's jokes…
"I'm not a fan of French comedies, even if they are part of my own culture. Still, I went out of my way to support this one. It's true that Mister V's jokes are quite unique, and his humor doesn't work for everyone-especially outside our borders-but here it's well balanced by Simon Astier's team, making McWalter a solid piece of work. The action and cinematography are clean, and at times surprisingly thoughtful for this kind of movie. I had a great time watching it, so I felt like raising its rating a little.
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