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Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

dbdumonteil A movie which was certainly overrated by the critics when it was theatrically released :caustic,nasty ,with something of Italian comedy "Affreux Sales Et Méchants " ;well it's not exactly that : proof positive is given by the ending, the most hackneyed trick of the French eighties you can think of.Fortunately ,the actors carry the movies : Josiane Balsako has plenty of go and is quite funny as this mother's helper ,sick and tired of this tribe she cannot get rid of;Victor Lanoux reprises the kind of part he played in Yves Robert 's "Un Elephant Ca Trompe Enormement" : a good-natured hubby whose wife walked out on him to live with a CRS (= member of the riot police);but here he's got all his children in tow .The funniest moments are to be found in the first half:-the old granny they take to the hospital after her death ("what can they do,if she's kicked the bucket?)-the family , stealing from the supermarket ("I've got a calculator and there are the logarithms ,says the precocious brat") unbeknownst to dad who keeps on playing his accordion.-the lovely nostalgic song " Le Dernier Twist " which captures a sliver of the sound and innocent spirit of the French early sixties.On the other hand ,the second song , a would be hard rocker "Trip HLM " sung in a shrill voice by one of daddy's girls ,makes me put my fingers in my ears .The second half is less entertaining:Dominique Lavanant as a transsexual ,well.. ("I was Pierrot ,now I'm Rita" ,get it?)