Infinitely superior to Get Smart, this ’50s spy spoof deconstructs the myth of Jean Bruce’s indestructible agent, who has featured in 265 novels and seven movies since his debut in 1949. Jean Dujardin plays the spy with a mix of vacuous suavity and condescension that makes his investigation of the murder of a comrade all the more hilariously inept.
OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies Review
This spy spoof sees legendary agent Hubert Bonissuer de La Bath, aka OSS 117, investigates the murder of a comrade in this hilarious French comedy.
Release Date:
07 Nov 2008
Running Time:
99 minutes
Certificate:
TBC
Original Title:
OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies
Plenty of mileage is derived from Dujardins dismissal of everything Arab, Michel Hazanavicius also throws in some supremely silly running gags, while keeping the plot moving at a clip and establishing a rapport between the hapless hero and his insouciant
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