La Chèvre

One the best, most serious detectives in France (Gérard Depardieu) is teamed up with a luckless stumble-bum (Pierre Richard) and sent off to Central America to search for the klutzy daughter of a powerful magnate in this fast-paced and funny French farce. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie ...more

Those looking for a comedy of significance, one that has something important to say beneath its jokey exterior, will need to avoid La Chèvre, but those who simply want an uproariously good time should go out of their way to find this delightful French farce. In some ways, La Chèvre is the kind of film that defies analysis; it's a high-concept film from the word go, the kind of film that either works or doesn't. La Chèvre works, and works beautifully, with all its pieces meshing together like a ...more