This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Overrated and overhyped

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

As a student of irony it pleases me immensely to know that even as Jacques Prevert was inventing the concept of poetic realism with director Marcel Carne - Quai des Brumes was written back to back with Ernest le Rebelle - he was also writing Ernest le Rebelle which is about as far from realism, poetic or otherwise, as you can get. Fernandel was a great comic actor who made 150 films all told none of which had more than a nodding acquaintance with reality; this time around he is an accordionist (note: in England we distinguish between a concertina which does not have keys and an accordion which does, ergo in Englnd he would be playing a concertina) on a cruise ship and already in Dutch with at least one irate husband. In port he spends the night in a hotel and is 'rolled' for his trouble, waking to find both his passport and the liner long gone. You don't really need to know how he winds up in a banana republic with a group of what today we would call 'freedom fighters', all you do need to know is the formula: Jacques Prevert + Christian Jacques + Fernandel = Escapism.

Another far-fetched comedy by Christian-Jaque,not as good as "Raphael le Tatoué" or "Un de la Légion",it has funny moments although it is sometimes repetitive and confused.In South America (where else?) anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks,you can wind up as a working man (slave) in a banana plantation,or as a recruit in the governor's navy .And there's always a fire squad waiting for you so you 'd better start a revolution!It takes all Fernandel's talent to go through this eventful journey.Like this?try this: "Viva Maria" Louis Malle 1965