This French comedy broke box office records in its homeland. Philippe, a postal worker in Southern France, attempts to please...
This French comedy broke box office records in its homeland. Philippe, a postal worker in Southern France, attempts to please his gloomy wife by pretending to be disabled in order to get a job transer to a Mediterranean seaside town. When his fakery is rumbled, the company punishes by transferring him to Bergues - a cold and wintry town in the north of the country...
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67 %9 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
78 %22,007 reviewsAudience score rating
"Thoroughly enjoyable and contagiously funny, this is solid French gold."
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Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile"Nothing really explains why "Welcome to the Sticks" (Bienvenue chez les ch'tis) has become the biggest boxoffice smash in French history. Perhaps the French are just in the mood to laugh at themselves. The film, which played at Los Angeles' City of Lights, City of Angels film festival, reveals itself to be a lighthearted, feel-good comedy that plays it both ways: It makes fun of regional prejudices yet still gets comic mileage out of rube characters and a nearly impenetrable dialect."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"This is a terrific film. Funny, very well acted, and written with a real feel for character and situation that lifts it far above the cliches."
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Dominion Post
Dominion PostWelcome to the Sticks | Details
- Runtime
- 106
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- France
