Fist of all, I'm French and since my childhood, I watched with my father De Funès' movies. I watched "Carambolages" last night and I found it quite entertaining, some scenes like the scene with the frog in the hat and the gimmick of the lady with a man voice are funny.
I praise the Serrault's character, a nostalgic inspector about the "collaboration" during WW2 and the Gestapo. It's true that at that time, it could have been a sensitive subject. But it's very similar of the scene in "Le Grand Restaurant" in which De Funes' character tells in German his mashed potatoes recipe, telling "Muskatnuss, Muskatnuss Herr Muller !" with a Hitler's mustache appearing with the shadow of the chandelier that hangs from the ceiling (hilarious scene).
I enjoyed seeing De Funès as usual, even if I would have like seeing him a little more.
Anyway, Brialy's performance is interesting, at the beginning I found that he does too much but I understood after all that it's due to the madness of the character.
Daumier is cute and smart, this quite rare for an actress at that time (they often were there just for her physical apparency).
To finish I very liked the appearance of Delon at the end, very threatening.
I praise the Serrault's character, a nostalgic inspector about the "collaboration" during WW2 and the Gestapo. It's true that at that time, it could have been a sensitive subject. But it's very similar of the scene in "Le Grand Restaurant" in which De Funes' character tells in German his mashed potatoes recipe, telling "Muskatnuss, Muskatnuss Herr Muller !" with a Hitler's mustache appearing with the shadow of the chandelier that hangs from the ceiling (hilarious scene).
I enjoyed seeing De Funès as usual, even if I would have like seeing him a little more.
Anyway, Brialy's performance is interesting, at the beginning I found that he does too much but I understood after all that it's due to the madness of the character.
Daumier is cute and smart, this quite rare for an actress at that time (they often were there just for her physical apparency).
To finish I very liked the appearance of Delon at the end, very threatening.