NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Myriam Nys On his dying bed, a middle-aged gangster entrusts both his fortune and his daughter to a childhood friend. This is not an easy task, since many of the dead man's underlings declare a revolt and refuse to pay their dues. Moreover, the said daughter turns out to be a charming but mischievous twenty-something of the pampered princess type, who is surrounded by all kinds of "jeunesse dorée" nitwits. A movie which, to put it mildly, does not live and breathe an all-embracing love for humanity. "Les tontons" is notable mainly for its excellent cast and performances - Ventura is outstanding - and for its sharp-witted dialogues, which are as cool and bracing as a vodka martini. Many of these "bons mots" and aphorisms have entered French culture. And rightly so : what about the psychological accuracy of a gem like "Morons will try anything, in fact that's how you recognize them" ?Serves as a useful reminder of the fact that many a golden-haired beauty owes her finishing school poise to an ancestral fortune rooted in violence, crime and exploitation.

antcol8 All right, it was fun, I'll admit it...Lino Ventura doing his thing, a Simonin adaptation (like Touchez Pas au Grisbi, one of my favorite films), lots of Culture Clash between "high" and "low" language - illustrated brilliantly in Michel Audiard's script. A classic "modern composer" scene (I collect those), some funny music cues (especially the church organ playing the movie's theme as the wedding processional). But it ain't a great movie. Another reviewer here called it something like "the worst - directed French classic", and that sounds about right. It's a movie of bits and moments. The more serious and sustained the action scene is supposed to be, the more unsuccessful the movie is. I fell asleep trying to watch it on DVD. But it works in the theater - pretty much...

whyj-sourcedial This French film is a marvel for its dialogues, they are, unfortunately, and like most French comedies, completely untranslatable into another language. Not only is it humorous expressions, but in addition, a number of expressions are comical in their employment against, by transforming nouns into adjectives or the reverse, by the use of expressions that do not match social milieu of the characters through the use of games typically french words without equivalence in another language. Most situations can be understood only if we know the French life, so it is normal that this cinematic gem have only limited success outside the French public.

Bertrand GRONDIN It was one of the greatest french comedies.Dialogs were from Michel AUDIARD, but you must listen them in French.It's theses dialogs which have made the notoriety of this movie. Five great actors are these "Monsieur GANGSTER" (Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Robert Dalban, Bernard Blier and Jean Lefebvre).The greatest scene is when these five gangsters are drinking alcohol in the kitchen. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen. If you don't speak french, it's more difficult to understand dialogs because translation is often different that original language. Forty year later, I love always this film "cult". Excuse me for my poor English.