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The 2001 English version is much better


This one was crap!

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I disagree. The French one is much funnier.

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What is that one called?

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Just Visiting


Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down and a Wagging Finger of Shame

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It is very difficult to translate the humor this movie (except for a few jokes, for example at the beginning when the lady's maid tells her mistress "if your uncle finds out he will kill us", the joke is that he does actually kill them - he obviously kills the maid, and if he doesn't kill the niece she is to the least in bad shape after he punches her with his gauntlet), so unless you speak French fluently it would be very difficult to grasp how funny this movie really is. Almost everything is funny, from their names, to their use of old French language, body language, expressions and facial expressions, etc. This movie really deserves a higher rating.

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