I don't get the Francophobic comments. Alright, it ain't great but nor is it despicable. For starters, the premise is ideal for the kind of movie it is - an accelerated version of National Lampoon's Chevy Chase led series, with less gravitas and less authentic humour, but still enough of entertainment.
I watched it on RAI, dubbed in Italian, so the inevitable loss of word play or "solely for the French" stuff did not really make the experience unbearable. I could have switched to something better maybe, in case there was one, but no, this one earned the kind of attention to keep this viewer till the end.
Even though it got too slapstick at times, the story was solid in its own right. No loose ends were left, except for the totally ignored story of that teen girl whom they picked up on the road. (Why had her mother left her like that? Did someone edit that part down?).
I'm pretty sure a Hollywood version of that script can do wonders. Not only because the kind of higher-level stunts and more complicated camera work would embellish the visual aspects (just imagine "Speed" meeting with "Road Trip"!) but also because the vast roads of the USA can provide much more interesting side-stories and characters.
Yeah. Some Hollywood person better do it. It would rock to the world of crazy comedies as James Cameron's "True Lies" (based on an original French movie) had rocked the action/adventure/comedy genre back in its day.
