OSS 117 Jean Dujardin, Great French 007 Spy Comedy DVD

• high quality licensed release
• cool outer box sleeve [minor sale mark bottom front]
  
• rare dvd
  

Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov (II)

Produced by: Nicolas Altmayer,
Eric Altmayer, Patrick Quinet

OSS 117: Nest Of Spies was this year's find at Seattle. The film, which I had no idea until doing some research, is based on a series of French books, just like Bond, that inspired a series of movies, just like Bond. But not like this one. This one takes the straight play on Bond and turns it upside down into one of the funniest movies of the year.

It's damned funny. The laughs go from smirks to soda spitters, but one can't avoid giving Michel Hazanavicius enormous credit for never milking a joke to the point of disappointment. He just hits it and hits it and hits it and hits it. And Jean Dujardin is just dead funny. He's got a broad shouldered muscularity that works with his shirt off, but no actor who isn't very smart can do dumb quite this brilliantly. It's not Sellers because he doesn't seem to be pushing himself as far away from self. He is a broader comedian, as shown in another recent French release, Brice de Nice. But he does plan on doing a drama soon, with Monsieur Hazanavicius, actually. They might do it before or after the now-greenlit sequel to their OSS 117: Nest Of Spies.

And did I mention the sensational score by Ludovic Bource and Kamel Ech-Cheik? They really get the whole range of the piece, though unlike Michael "The Incredibles" Giacchino, they don't have to do the "big movie" score thing in addition to the delightful light work. Still, just great.

And the funniest thing is, I was so expecting to be disappointed. Joy has been in short supply at the movies lately. And OSS 117: Nest Of Spies was a sheer delight.

• Region: ALL (PAL)
  

• Optional Subtitles: English / thai
  

• Spoken Language: Original French (Dolby Digital 5.1) / thai
  

• Running Time: 95mins
  

• Screen Aspect: Widescreen Anamorphic
  

• Special Features: Photo gallery, Trailer, Making of....
  

• Distributor: J-Bics