Presidentes

So yes Presidents is totally hilarious if you know what you are looking at ie 2 former presidents one from the right one from the left deciding to combine their forces to defeat fascist Marine in the next election premised on the fact that the current incumbent is a dead duck ... a fair assessment most would agree

Dujardin here is meant to be Nicolas Sarkozy and "does him" to a tee; complete with body language hunched shoulders hand gestures; he must have viewed hundreds of hours to get it that good

The actor doing Hollande physically is very close to the original

This film can only be enjoyed by folks who have been following France's political life for the last 20 years at least; not too sure how it comes across in translation; but to a French speaker/citizen it is hilarious

So many clever touches studding this astute portrayal of the visible ex-rulers of Macronia

The ending is even funnier than the rest of the piece

The pace is slow here to mirror the Corrèze region it is filmed in ... the hinterland like Iowa or Yorkshire if that frames it better for you ... totally worth the trip for France-watchers.

No scénario, no actions, no interest. Absolutely not funny and I am french. The only interest is Jean Dujardin acting skills which are not bad here. Useless to watch.

As a Frenchwoman, this movie was for me very funny. The public in the cinema also laughed all movie long. The actors managed very well to interpret both ex-presidents and their expressions.

I guess you need to be French and to have followed / lived their presidency to understand all the details. When you are though, it's pure gold.

It's a pretty funny movie.

Not the type to make you burst out laughing, funny and particular in its way of showing two former presidents eager to return to the front of the stage.

The film goes against our expectations, we thought we would find two presidents on the electoral campaign and we find ourselves seeing two men in Correz running clumsily towards something they have lost and will probably never find again.

But even if the film is sold as a comedy film, it still manages to share a certain tenderness for these two characters.

I think that the film could have won commercially by being funnier, but I find the final result much more interesting than the very poor humorous productions that are born in abundance in France each year.

If you've been following French politics, you might find it funny. Desjardins's postures are very close to the original, to the point you're disappointed he does not imitate the voice even more.

Ending is so so, but altogether a nice movie.