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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorBoxoffice MagazineWade MajorUproariously funny.
- 80VarietyVarietyJean Dujardin pulls off a charming, Peter Sellers-esque performance as he bumbles his way through retro cloak-and-dagger intrigue, displaying his character's uncanny ability to insult anyone -- and, especially in this episode, women and Jews -- who's not 100% Gallic, male and a diehard Charles de Gaulle fanatic.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA very funny French comedy of a variety that usually doesn't make its way here.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe look of the reference-heavy film, mostly shot on location in Brazil, is impeccably cheesy, but the Nazi humor and awkward sexist and racist eruptions smell a little stale. And yet, given time, the film develops an energy all its own.
- 67The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonNone 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.
- 60Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyI don't know that we actually need Agent OSS 117, but the world is a slightly better place with him around. And the film itself is a harmless trifle -- make that truffle, chocolate of course.
- Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy's combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it's an act that eventually wears thin.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThis is like a subpar "Naked Gun" feature cooked up by Eisenstein and Godard during a drug-addled lost weekend. Where's Leslie Nielsen when you need him?
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoSexist, 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.