Posted at 8:30 a.m.
Maybe it’s because of the great series Ten percent (call my agent), where stars handle self-mockery by interpreting their own role in sometimes absurd stories. Perhaps it is also the fact that we no longer count the comedies betting on unexpected tandems, starting with the two that Philippe Guillard himself cites as a reference: the pain in the ass (Edouard Molinaro) and The ball (Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier).
Maybe the way Nicolas Cage recently showed how an actor can play off his own image – in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Tom Gormican) – also has something to do with it. Or is it simply because humor sometimes travels badly? Still, this I love what you do often falls flat, despite his good intentions.
Obviously, this comedy is designed to mainly highlight the talent of Artus, who here holds his first major role in the cinema. The comedian plays Momo, a pool repairman called to work at the villa occupied by Gérard Lanvin during the filming of an American war drama, part of the plot of which is set in France.
A great admirer of the actor and nostalgic for a time when he was the star of action movies, Momo has such a hard time containing his enthusiasm that he unwittingly becomes an Olympic-caliber pain in the ass to his idol. The trouble is that the situations in which the characters are immersed are not very funny, any more than the dialogues that have been put in their mouths. And the story is very predictable.
The presence of Antoine Bertrand in the role of a Quebec director called to the rescue by the major Hollywood studio obviously causes its share of misunderstandings, but this aspect hardly goes beyond the level of caricature either.
In short, this feature film, written and directed by Philippe Guillard (Jo’s son), this additional inspiration that could have really allowed him to make his mark.
Comedy
I love what you do
Philippe Guillard
With Gerard Lanvin, Artus, Antoine Bertrand
1:37 a.m.
Indoors