Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Don't Believe the Hype

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

My first review becuase i hope this picks up and they make another season.Simply awesome. If you like the first four season of archer. This the closest it can get to reality. Amazing writing and amazing castIt's like a hybrid of Mad Men and Archer.

Season One: A Very Secret Service is a sophisticated French satire about the Cold War, colonialism and racism. The series is especially meaningful - and humorous - to those with some understanding of post-War history.The main character Andre Merlaux struggles to make sense of the bureaucracy surrounding intelligence operations and, whether skillfully or by chance, protects the French Republic from its enemies more than once. Once Merlaux gets the hang of the whole spy thing then the rules change again. Au Service de la France is a laugh. It pokes holes in the the world, France and the era (yes, everyone did smoke in the 1960s, even on airplanes!). The series also none too subtly delivers a none too positive message on the role of Western powers in establishment of the post War global structure. So, yes, it's kind of a political show!

Brilliant program, hope they make a second series soon!

On the surface Au service de la France is a very funny comedy about the French equivalent of the CIA. But after you watch it ten times like I did you realize it is a vicious comedy. It's as if in the war room of the CIA in Jason Bourne the agents cracked jokes and did funny things between having their assets kill people. The point of Jason Bourne and this show is the opposite of what Jack says in A Few Good Men. Jack says you can't take the truth. In other words you sometimes have to do unpleasant things to protect your country. Au service has the characters do bad things in their own self interest in guise of serving France. The exception is the new recruit Andre Merlaux. He can be violent but at the same time altruistic. It seems as though the writers are saying that many times people in high government places despite their rhetoric are no better than the common scoundrel.I would be remiss in not mentioning the love story between Andre and a shop girl Sophie. What is noteworthy is the homage to Godard and his movie A Bout de Soufflé. After Sophie and Andre see it we realize that Jean Seberg and her character Patricia have given Sophie the call. The modern woman. 1960 is an incredible year in France with the nascent feminist movement and the end of colonialistic policy in France. Au Service is covering all of it.