OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Music Box Films | Release Date: May 9, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
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EmpireDavid Parkinson
Plenty of mileage is derived from Dujardin's dismissal of everything Arab, Michel Hazanavicius also throws in some supremely silly running gags, while keeping the plot moving at a clip and establishing a rapport between the hapless hero and his insouciantly accomplished assistant, Bérénice Bejo. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Not that Cairo, Nest of Spies is meant to be a thriller, but even as a self-consciously anachronistic knockabout farce it rarely rises to the level of wit, either verbal or physical. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
A movie whose satire proves as lame as its clunky title. Read full review
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