SummaryTwelve years after Cairo, OSS 117 is back on a new mission at the other end of the world. As he tracks down a microfilm that is compromising for the French State, France’s most famous secret agent will have to team up with the Mossad’s most seductive lieutenant-colonel in order to capture a Nazi blackmailer. From Rio´s sunny beaches to luxuriant ... Read More
Directed By:Michel Hazanavicius
Written By:Jean Bruce, Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius
OSS 117 - Lost in Rio
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58
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68% Positive
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80
The humor here is on the dry side of zany, and it won't tickle every funny bone, any more than Mike Myers does, or - perhaps a more apt comparison - Terry Gilliam's tart filmic fantasies. But no matter what, you have to admit this mix of lowbrow humor and French erudition has a style of its own.
75
The movie depends mostly on wild exaggerations of 007, and here it does something right: It shows stunts and special effects that look like they might have been staged in 1967.
70
It would be charitable to say Lost In Rio picks up right where "Cairo, Nest Of Spies" left off; in reality all it does is rinse and repeat. Hazanavicius does, however, get the most out of the new backdrop.
67
None of this is particularly sophisticated humor; again, it's Austin Powers goofery by way of Mel Brooks, though with a cooler, dryer tone and a much straighter face, embodied by Dujardin's vapidly winning grin, which admits no embarrassment or self-awareness.
63
It's larky, snarky fun.
42
Time to retire OSS 117's license to kill before any more innocent people suffer.
25
Sexist, racist humor abounds, with Jews and gays especially taking a beating. I don't always object to non-PC humor -- but I like it to be funny, and here it isn't.
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Sep 22, 2021
10
A masterpiece of French second degree humour. The awful English review kinda underlines the strong differences of perception of such movies : we don't laugh *with* OSS, we laugh *at* OSS... at his total lack of self awareness. The cliff's edge is never very far, but as with any good acrobat, the thrill (and laugh !) we enjoy specifically comes from how close and masterfully Hazanavicius flirts with it.
May 26, 2016
10
very funny movie but it need a open an smart mind. A lot much better than the first episode. Mr Dujardin found his way and I'm waiting for the next episode ^^
Production Company:
- Mandarin Films
- Gaumont
- M6 Films
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
Release Date:May 7, 2010
Duration:1 h 41 m
Tagline:The Pride of French Intelligence Returns
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Awards
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
