Going in with no expectation (I did not even know it was a comedy) I was very surprised to find it was genuinely funny with several laugh out loud moments.
For the first twenty minutes it comes across as another French kitchen sink drama - you know the drill, poor workers feeling oppressed by their insensitive managers. Then it turns and the situation set pieces come along and the film becomes amusing than downright funny, but all in a "quirky" gallows humour that some people will either love or hate.
The best way to describe this film is to pretend its in the same universe as Napoleon Dynamite or Fargo. The film has some very dark humour that often revolves around death but at the same time it has superb insights like the tomfoolery of tax shelter shell companies and PO Boxes.
What I liked about the characters is that they are oblivious to their own idiocy and Yolande Moreau (Louise) and Bouli Lanners (Michel) bounce off each other superbly.
One of the best comedies I have seen in some time.
For the first twenty minutes it comes across as another French kitchen sink drama - you know the drill, poor workers feeling oppressed by their insensitive managers. Then it turns and the situation set pieces come along and the film becomes amusing than downright funny, but all in a "quirky" gallows humour that some people will either love or hate.
The best way to describe this film is to pretend its in the same universe as Napoleon Dynamite or Fargo. The film has some very dark humour that often revolves around death but at the same time it has superb insights like the tomfoolery of tax shelter shell companies and PO Boxes.
What I liked about the characters is that they are oblivious to their own idiocy and Yolande Moreau (Louise) and Bouli Lanners (Michel) bounce off each other superbly.
One of the best comedies I have seen in some time.