Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses
1981 Comedy
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Summary
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find
a flat mate to share her expensive apartment. Her plan is to find someone who is
even less physically attractive than she is, to give her a chance of finding another man.
The scheme backfires when the ugly woman who originally agrees to share her flat drops
out and suggests a replacement: an attractive model named Eva. The latter has no
difficulty attracting men, much to the chagrin of an increasingly distraught Lydia…
Review
Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses
was the third film to be directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, and is arguably the first
which is instantly recognisable as a film from this director. The madcap comic situations,
great visual jokes, eccentric characterisation, and of course the enjoyably O.T.T.
performances, are all essential ingredients of that distinctively Poiré-esque brand
of comedy. Admittedly, this film is less rip-roaringly funny, and far less slick
than the director’s subsequent hits –
Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982), Les
Visiteurs (1993) – but a spirited performance from Josiane Balasko (who
co-authored the script) makes it a diverting and enjoyable piece of no-nonsense comedy.
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