Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Good idea lost in the noise

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Somewhere in Paris the leader of a shadowy espionage service realizes that he has enemies who covet his job and power. He decides to tether a goat to a tree, hoping that the bleating will attract the tiger(s) involved. The human goat chosen for this exercice is some random citizen, to wit a musician with an excellent opinion of himself and a sad tendency to cuckold his best friend. Will the scheme succeed ? And will the goat survive ? "Le grand blond" is another one of those classic, unmissable French comedies. At times it threatens to devolve into a (sex) farce, but it is saved by a nicely cynical plot, razor-sharp dialogues, lively performances and an excellent musical score. Lovers of female pulchritude can also gaze on Mireille Darc - more, they can gaze upon Mireille Darc IN THAT BLACK DRESS. THAT BLACK DRESS has achieved cult status in France - you'll get why as soon as you see it.There is a lot of psychological wisdom to be found in the basic premise of "Le grand blond", to wit that any human life, however mundane and unremarkable, can look ominous, dangerous and duplicitous, on condition that you study it with the firm conviction that it is indeed ominous, dangerous and duplicitous.

The British films have their flavor with mysteries but the French have the Gallic way of infusing humor in the most unlikely manner that the mysteries become terrific platforms of French humor at its finest. Film Movement is re-releasing this 1972 gem of a film and it hasn't lost a bit of its allure. Written by Francis Veber and writer/director Yves Robert this little pastiche is a treasure. Two factions of the French Secret Service (Jean Rochefort and Bernard Blier) involve a seemingly normal but hapless orchestra player, François Pignon (Pierre Richard), into their battle as one side uses him as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.. Soon, agents are all over the place, and one of them, Christine (Mireille Darc), is sent to seduce François. Meanwhile, François has his own problems, tangled up in an affair with his best friend's wife.This is French comedy/mystery at its best and it is just as radiant today as it was in 1972!

first, excuse me for my English bur i didn't write in this language since 2 years. This movie was one of the best i've ever seen. Pierre Richard is the same as usual, with all its "tics" like : - his face with a little smile and look like someone which don't have any idea of what he's making here ! - its clothes are always out of fashion or completely "vintage" Moreover, the french version is more interesting because it's the VO so he "word games" are respected. In fact, all the characters are good in this movie, they all see to be exactly what they seem to be. The men who are supposed to be secret agents are too much : their raincoats and their shoes couldn't have been better than this. then, the music sound is one of the best i know. i can sing this song all the day without any problem.

Many, many years ago -- the mid-70s, in fact, this movie was on TV in our local area. It was one of the few times I'd seen my dad really excited about a movie, and watched it with him.It's stuck with me ever since.This is a brilliant piece of film-making, satisfying as both a comedy and a spy movie. Pierre Richard has a masterful sense of comedic timing, on par with Buster Keaton.If you get a chance to see this, do.