Father, daughter and unpopular son -in -law in Spe: This constellation has already given the cinema as wonderful comedies as “Father of the Bride” with the incomparable Spencer Tracy and the young Liz Taylor. Even the remake with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton as bridal parents is amusing enough. The two films were topped, at least as far as the comedy, which was consistently pressed out of the constellation, were topped, but still by “my bride, her father and I”, in which the thoroughbred actors Robert de Niro and Ben Stiller were able to play their excellent funny talent.
In France, on the other hand, there was the megahit “Monsieur Claude” – and thus the title bridal father, who was confronted with four specimens of mother -in -law. Christian Clavier Kalauer, as a sufferer Patriarch, with so much success through the preparations for the marriage that the sequels were not long in coming here. Since then, Christian Clavier has been the ideal occupation of a chauvinistic family man, as in “Oh la la – who suspects something like that?”, Where he plays a rich, floor -conservative aristocrat that is overthrown by a DNA test by his high horse.
Unfortunately, the chemistry between Christian Clavier and Baptiste Lecaplain is by no means as good as that of Robert de Niro and Ben Stiller.
Also in “Voilà, dad! The almost perfect son -in -law“Christian Clavier is now playing a very similar main role again, but otherwise there is unfortunately little good to say about the film. The script is responsible for a high percentage for this with barely or not even not not profiled protagonists, a myriad of meaningless figures in supporting roles and with an action that would like to be a boulevard, but ultimately only worn out clichés. The whole thing is impaired with gags and jokes that look similar to sauce splashes on a champagne glass – superfluous and ordinary. This is reminiscent of those comedies from the 50s and 60s, which have now been completely forgotten.
The beginning is even somewhat lively: Damien Leroy (Baptiste Lecaplain) stands on a window, and threatens with suicide, of which – at the last second and not for the first time – Dr. Béranger (Christian Clavier). The psychoanalyst even manages to finally get rid of the unloved patient with a few sensitive sayings. However, the joy only lasts temporarily, because a year later it appears again, as a fiance of Dr. Béranger's daughter Alice (Claire Chust), whom she would like to present to her parents on time for their 30th wedding anniversary at Lake Geneva.
Alice (Claire Chust) chose the 30th wedding anniversary of her parents to “surprise” her with her fiance.
The following, often riotous misunderstandings and confusion are as expected and dealt with without major surprises. The film remains without clear sympathizers, not even the lovers are lovable, and it also remains a secret of why Dr. Béranger actually has something against his son -in -law, except that he is a former patient. Christian Clavier shouldn't even be really patriarchal, lousy or at least nationalistic here, and he can do it so well. And then he doesn't even have a satizable opponent where he could rub himself. Neither Baptiste Lecaplain nor Cristiana Reali as Béranger's wife Paloma and certainly not Claire Chust as daughter Alice can or may hand the star to the star.
The female figures overall transported sick and a image of women in their general insignificance anyway, which would have been conventional even 75 years ago. Of the men, only the singer Thomas VDB, which is quite well -known in France, can score a little with originality as an esoteric mountain farmer. The running gag of the film (“Just a joke!”) Is platter than the surface of the Lake Geneva in windless. Slowly, but certainly – roughly at the same time as the jokes of the disabled – awakens that this film has little to offer except occasional beautiful pictures of the Alpine Panorama (above) and See (below). And you can't get rid of that until the expected graceful conclusion. Anyone who stays awake until then must bear the consequences, which includes a certain pity for the underemployed cast also the big question: How could that happen?
Conclusion: While speculation about a possible fourth part of “Monsieur Claude” is making round again and again today, “Voilà Papa! The almost perfect son -in -law “certainly not to be expected. And that's a good thing.