GamerTab That was an excellent one.

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The Couchpotatoes OSS 117, the French Sean Connery look-a-like, played by Jean Dujardin, is supposed to be a mixture between Austin Powers and James Bond, and this in a satirical way. The humor goes from subtile to blunt, and I'm sure is not everybody's piece of cake. I have to admit I laughed a couple of times, but not enough to make it a hilarious movie. I'm not a great fan of James Bond movies nor Austin Powers so a mixture of the two doesn't realy help. It's filmed like it could have been made in the fifties, and that was not realy necessary. The acting is exactly what to expect with this kind of movies, it's just silly and a bit of easy fun. But it wasn't great, at least not to me. I will watch the sequel just out of interest to see how it evolves, but I'm not dying to see it.

carbuff Same review for both OSS 117 films. They are both brilliant farces featuring an idiot savant, culturally clueless, racially and sexually insensitive, French super spy back in the days in which France was still a significant world and colonial power. These films are filled with both laugh out loud and more subtle humor. They are the opposite of the crude and hilarious Spanish Torrente films, but just as highly recommended in their own way. The second film in the series is cruder and less subtle than the first, but it is still really good.

flapdoodle64 There are probably more spy spoofs than serious spy movies in the world. Most, like the execrable Dean Martin 'Matt Helm' series, are pretty bad and unfunny to boot. Only a few, like 'Our Man Flint,' and the 1st Austin Powers film, are any good.'OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies' is, subtitles and all, pee-your-pants funny. The lead is like a Gaullic Peter Sellers, except somehow all the funnier for being French. Seriously, this guy's comedic performance is so funny I could sworn I was high on weed, except I haven't been high on weed for 25 years.The writing, direction, camera-work and supporting cast are all top-notch. Superficially, this film has the look of a serious 1960's spy film, which is exactly the right thing to do with a spoof of this nature.Fans of classic comedy, especially of the great Peter Sellers, would be highly likely to enjoy this film. People who have trouble with subtitles, however, might have trouble so think about that if it applies to you.

MartinHafer This was a terribly funny and enjoyable film--so much so that I look forward to seeing the next movie in this series. Jean Dujardin stars as OSS agent 117--an incredibly cocky yet stupid hero. In many ways, he's like combining James Bond and Indiana Jones with Inspector Clousseau. That's because although his character is an idiot, he's also incredibly physical and a bit macho---and amazingly cocky about it. The combination works well--with a character you like but is still rather unique.The film starts towards the end of WWII. This portion is highly reminiscent of Indiana Jones or an old movie serial--it's action and a cocky appeal. After defeating the Hun, Agent 117 return home--a hero. Now, in the next scene, a decade has passed and he's being sent to Cairo on his next case. Once there, he walks about like he just KNOWS all the women adore him--and again and again he makes a total nuisance of himself. Yet, because he IS still a macho guy, he's able to defeat the baddies and conquer the ladies despite his severely stunted intellect. I loved how the film focused on how incredibly insensitive his character was when it came to Islam--and the scene involving the morning call to prayer is priceless. Despite a nice idea and many clever moments, the film is occasionally a bit slow or loses pace. But, this is not a serious problem and the end result is a different sort of film hero--one you really want to see again.By the way, look for the scene where 117 is tossed into the water to die. While this scene was poorly done in some ways (skeletons do NOT look like that--the bones do NOT remain articulated once the flesh is gone), I loved how incredibly cocky he was--as after he escaped, he very slowly and very casually made his way to the surface. Clever.