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10 April 2002 (Belgium) moreTagline:
Fransk, fart og humor, der overhaler "Taxi" indenom![Denmark] moreUser Comments:
It's not Benoît Poelvoorde who is the millstone but the movie itself! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gérard Lanvin | ... | Moltès | |
| Benoît Poelvoorde | ... | Francis Reggio | |
| José Garcia | ... | Mustapha Amel alias "Le Turc" | |
| Djimon Hounsou | ... | Det. Youssouf | |
| Rossy de Palma | ... | Pauline Reggio | |
| Jean Benguigui | ... | Saddam | |
| Gary Tiplady | ... | Le géant / The Giant | |
| Gérard Darmon | ... | Kowalski | |
| Stomy Bugsy | ... | Malian #1 | |
| Marco Prince | ... | Malian #2 | |
| Omar Sy | ... | Malian #3 (as Omar) | |
| Nicolas Anelka | ... | Nicolas, the soccer player | |
| Jacky Lambert | |||
| Renaud Rutten | |||
| Innocent Mboumgou |
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Rated PG-13 for some crude sexual content.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Hong Kong:IIB | USA:PG-13 | France:Unrated | South Korea:12 | Denmark:11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:R-13 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)Fun Stuff
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The man at the airport reading the newspaper with Moltes' picture on the back is the Production Manager, Jean-Marc Deschamps moreFAQ
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Launched in the Spring 2002 in France, "le boulet" was hugely successful (more than 3 million of spectators in the French theaters). Why? This success remains both mysterious and unexplainable because Alain Berbérian's movie's got every conceivable fault, every fault imaginable so that you can name it: the perfect load of rubbish. It consists on an uninspired and hackneyed script with threadbare topics. Dialogs that aren't very worked and a poor directing that emphasizes too much on special effects.
But above all, "le boulet" is a bad movie because it borrows mostly elements or sequences from a lot of French movies. Thus, you find traces of "la cité de la peur" (1994) made by the same director, always Berbérian. But you also think about "la soif de l'or" (1993) and "la grande vadrouille" (1966) both made by Gérard Oury. Even the duo of characters with opposed disposition (here, we deal with the frail Poelvoorde and the heartless Lanvin) and who are however compelled to work together isn't original. Indeed, this comic device had been already used (and brilliantly) by Francis Veber. You only have to watch "la chèvre" (1981) or "les fugitifs" (1986) to realize it.
With this poor movie that looks hollow, we deal with a very serious situation: it would appear that French comedy is declining...