Rating: R
Movie Release Date: October 25, 1978 (France) / March 30, 1979 (USA)
DVD Release Date: July 24, 2001
Plot 411: A young man asks his homosexual father to tone it down when he invites the soon-to-be in-laws over for dinner.
Review: Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michael Serrault) have been together for 20 years and have raised a son Laurent (Remi Laurent) together. When Laurent informs his father Renato of his impending marriage, both Renato and Albin are disappointed because they hoped he would marry a man instead of a woman. After the initial upset wears off, Laurent asks his father to hide his homosexuality and send Albin away for a few days because he would like to invite his fiancee's very conservative parents to dinner. This causes upheaval and hurt feelings, but eventually the ruse is carried out. There were moments of humor throughout the film but not enough for the continual laughfest that you would expect given the plot description. There were probably dozens of other stereotypical thing to mock in order to create more laughs, but they were not utilized. I suppose the film could be considered risque given the time in which it was made. However, these days the barrier is quite a bit further away and harder to reach. Most of the shocking scenes aren't really surprising anymore. The movie is dated and doesn't really survive the passage of time.
Movie Release Date: October 25, 1978 (France) / March 30, 1979 (USA)
DVD Release Date: July 24, 2001
Plot 411: A young man asks his homosexual father to tone it down when he invites the soon-to-be in-laws over for dinner.
Review: Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michael Serrault) have been together for 20 years and have raised a son Laurent (Remi Laurent) together. When Laurent informs his father Renato of his impending marriage, both Renato and Albin are disappointed because they hoped he would marry a man instead of a woman. After the initial upset wears off, Laurent asks his father to hide his homosexuality and send Albin away for a few days because he would like to invite his fiancee's very conservative parents to dinner. This causes upheaval and hurt feelings, but eventually the ruse is carried out. There were moments of humor throughout the film but not enough for the continual laughfest that you would expect given the plot description. There were probably dozens of other stereotypical thing to mock in order to create more laughs, but they were not utilized. I suppose the film could be considered risque given the time in which it was made. However, these days the barrier is quite a bit further away and harder to reach. Most of the shocking scenes aren't really surprising anymore. The movie is dated and doesn't really survive the passage of time.
Watch It: For laughs created by the discrepancy between the dubbed-in voices and the subtitles. They are probably funnier than all the jokes in the movie combined.
Skip It: In favor of its remake The Birdcage, which just seemed funnier.
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