OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (Lost in Rio)

IMDB: OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (Lost in Rio)
Source: Netflix streaming
Date viewed: January 12, 2011

The second of this French series that parodies the early James Bond movies. In a way, it's funny, but in other ways, it's not funny. It's quite possible that much of the humor is lost in translation. - A

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first one. It gets a little too much like All in the Family, where you're not absolutely sure that the jokes are jokes. I mean, they are, but even though they think that they're being funny, it's still in bad taste. There are still some funny parts, and the lead can be quite hilarious, but overall, I'd skip it. - T