Saturday, February 28, 2015

Supercondriaque (2014)

Also Known As: -
Year of first release: 2014
Director: Dany Boon (Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis)
Actors: Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Alice Pol
Country: F, B
Genre: Comedy
Conditions of visioning: 21.02.2015, In-flight entertainment 10" screen.
Synopsis: Romain Faubert (Boon) is hypochondriac, one of the worst, and his friend/doctor Dimitri Zvenka (Merad) is the one suffering from it.
Review: An attempt by Dany Boon to repeat the success of Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis, but with moderated success only. The story seems original but the jokes and funny situations are quickly predictable and not so funny after all. But I was rather surprised by the turn of events at half the movie. Then it quickly becomes not believable, like in most French comedies.
I laughed only a little, and I found Dany Boon to be too much in front of the camera and overdoing it, like he did on stage in his early days actually, while I though that in Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis he found a good balance and let himself play a second role.
Rating: 5 /10

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