Is this worth the time? Honestly, you probably don't need to watch La marraine de Charley unless you are a die-hard fan of French stage comedies from the thirties. It’s loud, it’s a bit frantic, and it definitely feels like a play that just happened to have a camera pointed at it. If you like your humor fast and slight...
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"Is this worth the time? Honestly, you probably don't need to watch La marraine de Charley unless you are a die-hard fan of French stage comedies from the thirties. It’s loud, it’s a bit frantic, and it definitely feels like a play that just happened to have a camera pointed at it. If you like your humor fast and slightly desperate, you might find a kick here. Everyone else? You’ll probably just want to take a nap. The whole premise is classic farce stuff—students needing a chaperone, a fake aun..."
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