Viva a França

You can't compare it to Borat, it is not even close to Borat. Borat is a character created by sarcastic genius Sasha Baren Cohen to poke the boundary and absurdity of so called American Identity, so as other character he created, such as Ali G, Bruno, these characters all appears in his TV series on a frequent basis, so people would get what he is trying to do behind of those jokes.

In Borat the movie at least in the end it is a sarcastic retort to all the aspect in the US, that US is actually not as good as it seems. It's about embracing American value goes wrong. But Vive le France is just a shallow imitation. In the end it's about embracing the French value. That's why the racial appropriation in This movie is very inappropriate and very discriminating.

This film is a disgrace! Vulgar, not funny and racist, a long litany of clichés (France would be such a wonderful country if not for the French, Corsicans and people from the middle-east are terrorists, the French are always on strike, etc.)... It is even worst than "Borat", something I thought impossible. Even José Garcia, though an excellent actor, is unable to bring any interest to his role and to save this "thing" from a total wreckage. Do not waste your time and money watching this. The person branding it to be "An excellent French comedy" either hates comedies, or the French, or French comedies… or is the producer of this thing or perhaps Michael Youn himself.

Nowadays, we live in a paranoiac, oppressive world where contest, difference are either crimes or pretext to crush civil liberties. So it's very courageous from Mickael to do a comedy about oriental terrorists ! Actually at my knowledge, it's the only movie in the world with that thematic !

It's also a movie about France and his view is true : we are not a country but a collection of tribes speaking the same language. It's a bit an update of the « 3 Freres » because we can see the evolution of the country in 15 years : more cultural, more violent and as much rustic and intolerant…

In this background, Mickael delivers a great, funny movie. His girlfriend stays the same beauty and talented actress and for one time, Garcia is likable ! As usual, for the few true creative spirits, people tackles Mickael ! It's only his second movie, he does everything (writing, directing, casting, acting) and nobody likes it whereas he is the only one to make me laugh so often and so long ! It's true that he bites everything, everyone so i suppose that he can be bitten also ! In all cases, since « Morning live », he has my continuous support !

Because of the quotas, and of state money, the French movies are an ecosystem of their own: made to please the old white men from CNC, and finally to excite vulgar uneducated masses who have trouble understanding anything but stereotype humor in French.

So the bad guys are dark skinned savage men who come to threaten "la notre" peace and democracy. The savages beat women and are generally stupid, yet somehow are able to speak more languages than the targeted public.

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If you want a sophisticated comedy, you are in the wrong place. Just as the french are in the wrong place, if you wanted France to be a beautiful country ... I'm just kidding of course and referring to something that the movie is trying to "tell" you! But if you are looking for a hidden message or a political agenda, you shouldn't bother. The movie just has fun with a lot of clichés.

Some of them might not be too far away from the truth (it's like saying Germans enjoy beer and so forth ... obviously not every German is drinking beer, but the general view is there, so it's considered a fact, you can turn it around another way if you wanted) or as close to clichés as possible to make fun of them. This movie is making fun of everybody, but is also trying to be as lovely as possible. It still doesn't hold back and has some surprises along the way ... especially towards the end.