French comedy often times seems to be structured after the plays of Moliere. The Valet is an amusing little film, but falls into the category of watered down, 300 year old farce.
Boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets HOT super model, boy doesn't want super model - he wants the girl. His perceived relationship with the super model is making everybody crazy in one way or another, but the laughs are few and far between. It's amusing, but not funny, and comedies ought to be funny. I saw this in a theatre with between 80 and 100 people. There was one woman in the crowd that laughed regularly, and it was a laugh that indicated she was trying to deal with some hardship, but was presenting a strong facade to show the world she was okay. That kind of response doesn't auger well for a comedy.
Boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets HOT super model, boy doesn't want super model - he wants the girl. His perceived relationship with the super model is making everybody crazy in one way or another, but the laughs are few and far between. It's amusing, but not funny, and comedies ought to be funny. I saw this in a theatre with between 80 and 100 people. There was one woman in the crowd that laughed regularly, and it was a laugh that indicated she was trying to deal with some hardship, but was presenting a strong facade to show the world she was okay. That kind of response doesn't auger well for a comedy.