Madame Irma (2006) - film review

When he loses his job as a well-paid manager in a large company, 40-something Francis is at a loss over what to do next.  Unable to break the news to his wife, he keeps up the pretence that he still has a job.  Out of desperation, he decides to consult a fortune teller to see what the future holds for him.  This experience gives him a brainwave.   Why shouldn’t he become a fortune teller?  All he has to do is hire a caravan, dress up as a mysterious Rumanian woman and utter a few enigmatic platitudes to gullible clients.  As Madame Irma, Francis discovers a new lease of life...

After some near misses in recent years, the good ship Didier Bourdon has finally struck an iceberg.  Watching Madame Irma, his latest directorial adventure, is like watching a once-loved old steamship being swallowed up by the deep blue sea.  A disaster movie, but not in the usual sense of the term, there is little to engage the spectator and plenty to give offence.  Didier Bourdon and Pascal Légitimus, two members of the popular comedy team Les Inconnus, appear strangely adrift in this film, which offers few, if any, laughs, and is directed with the same aimless, lethargic sense of muddle that is so apparent in the unimaginative script.   An ill-conceived film, badly realised, and about as funny as slab of concrete.

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