Die Sch'tis in Paris - Eine Familie auf Abwegen

Not better than the first part. But for his own, a good film with emotions and parts of funny stuff.

A nice, funny movie, full of laughter, with a moralizing tone like in 80's American movies. It takes an accident for the designer to become aware of his fake and artificial life. Curiously they are all chits in real life also! So they speak it really well, even if it is a peasant-like, primitive dialect that scratches the ears. Pierre Richard was really good, Dany Boon as usual, nothing exceptional and the rest pretty poor, but fitting in this superficial comedy, about a rich man that has forgotten his roots. Maybe those roots are not so great, maybe he wanted to become someone else and despised his little provincial town, like a lot of us. Maybe he really felt ashamed of his family, like a lot of us feel too. The real problems are not deal with in mainstream movies. So in the end we get the educated girl speak the grotesque dialect of Nord and associate the Bolero with an Ajax commercial and not Carmen of Bizet. The ending with Richard memorable scene singing his love in "chti"(Je te quere!!- sic!) is quite nice, even if I personally hate those American-like public love declarations. The melody though would certainly be more successful, than the sorry bunch the French presented at Eurovision in the last 20 years.

I felt completely uplifted from watching this heartwarming comedy. I loved everything about it! The acting was outstanding and the characters were quirky and lovable. It's been a couple weeks since I watched the movie and I still keep remembering scenes and giggling!

Better than a documentary it's a declaration of love to a certain idea of France. It's a movie about success, love and shame. The photography isn't amazing but it's well edited and fun. However, all the fun lies in the regional language, so I don't know how it feels for someone who doesn't understand French.

This is not high brow comedy, this is not sophisticated in any way, shape or form. Now this should be apparent, especially if you've seen the first one, but I'm pointing it out, because you shouldn't judge this on things it never tried to be or achieve.

Having said that, there are also a lot of cliches in this that may be disturbing to watch or even annoying. But if you get on with it, there is a lot of fun in there too. Just go with the flow, with the non-political correctness of it all and allow yourself to laugh at times. It does not reacht the heights of the first one, but by now you may have fallen in love with the characters which will be very helpful (to enjoy this). Sit back, relax and watch without thinking too much