OSS 117 - Lost in Rio
Music Box Films | Release Date: May 7, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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80
Arizona RepublicKerry Lengel
The humor here is on the dry side of zany, and it won't tickle every funny bone, any more than Mike Myers does, or - perhaps a more apt comparison - Terry Gilliam's tart filmic fantasies. But no matter what, you have to admit this mix of lowbrow humor and French erudition has a style of its own. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark Feeney
Gallic humor translates splendidly when it comes courtesy of Moliere. The drop-off from that height is very, very steep. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineWade Major
Uproariously funny. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Strutting around like a rooster in a thin-lapeled suit, 117 isn't much different from other comic Bond figures, but the movies find a fresh and exceedingly rich vein of comedy in his airy sexism, racism, and colonialism. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie depends mostly on wild exaggerations of 007, and here it does something right: It shows stunts and special effects that look like they might have been staged in 1967. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
All this is mighty silly, but there's something to be said for watching a French movie that, for a change, isn't about l'amour, existential angst, or madness. It's oddly reassuring to know that Hollywood isn't the only place where dithery, disposable spy spoofs are manufactured. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
I don't know that we actually need Agent OSS 117, but the world is a slightly better place with him around. And the film itself is a harmless trifle -- make that truffle, chocolate of course. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Sexist, racist humor abounds, with Jews and gays especially taking a beating. I don't always object to non-PC humor -- but I like it to be funny, and here it isn't. Read full review
70
NPRScott Tobias
It would be charitable to say Lost In Rio picks up right where "Cairo, Nest Of Spies" left off; in reality all it does is rinse and repeat. Hazanavicius does, however, get the most out of the new backdrop. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It's larky, snarky fun. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Time to retire OSS 117's license to kill before any more innocent people suffer. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A very funny French comedy of a variety that usually doesn't make its way here. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Maybe in his native language, Dujardin is no funnier than Steve Martin's "Pink Panther." But with subtitles, his deadpan delivery is hard to resist. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
None of this is particularly sophisticated humor; again, it's Austin Powers goofery by way of Mel Brooks, though with a cooler, dryer tone and a much straighter face, embodied by Dujardin's vapidly winning grin, which admits no embarrassment or self-awareness. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
This mostly unfunny effort -- though it might have made them laugh silly in its home country -- is unlikely to appeal to art house audiences on this side of the Atlantic. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike Hale
Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy's combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it's an act that eventually wears thin. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith Uhlich
This is like a subpar "Naked Gun" feature cooked up by Eisenstein and Godard during a drug-addled lost weekend. Where's Leslie Nielsen when you need him? Read full review
80
VarietyJordan Mintzer
Jean Dujardin pulls off a charming, Peter Sellers-esque performance as he bumbles his way through retro cloak-and-dagger intrigue, displaying his character's uncanny ability to insult anyone -- and, especially in this episode, women and Jews -- who's not 100% Gallic, male and a diehard Charles de Gaulle fanatic. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichelle Orange
The look of the reference-heavy film, mostly shot on location in Brazil, is impeccably cheesy, but the Nazi humor and awkward sexist and racist eruptions smell a little stale. And yet, given time, the film develops an energy all its own. Read full review
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