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Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose?
2003 Comedy / Crime / Thriller
Review
The film that launched the big screen careers of the celebrity duo Kad
and Olivier has become a minor French cult classic and is an inspired,
albeit slightly unhinged, parody of the American police procedural
drama. Prior to this, Kad Merad and Olivier Barroux had become
known to millions in France through their radio and television work
and, as this film shows, they make a highly effective comedy double
act. With its plethora of bizarre characters (played by some very
well-known French personalities), chaotic plot and flirtations with
extreme vulgarity, the film is unlikely to please everyone and is far
from being a masterpiece. But as a piece of escapist nonsense Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose?
delivers the goods and manages to be an entertaining romp, at least for
those who are not offended by semen and fart jokes.
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Director:
Eric Lartigau
Starring: Kad Merad, Olivier Barroux, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Paul Rouve, Bénédicte Loyen Synopsis
Bornsville is the typical small American town where nothing ever
happens. So when something does happen, it is bound to cause a
stir. Pamela Rose, a striptease performer, is found dead in her
hotel room and two FBI agents – Riper and Bullit – are sent in to
investigate. Naturally, the local police are none too pleased at
this intrusion, particularly as this pair of federal agents appear to
be singularly lacking in the competence department. Riper and
Bullit could hardly be more different. Riper does things by the
book, although what book that may be still has yet to be
determined. Bullit by contrast lives by the seat of his pants,
which is presumably why his dry cleaning bill is bankrupting
America. Yet the two men must work as a team, pooling their
resources like they have never pooled before, if they are to solve the
mystery of who killed Pamela Rose. And there is certainly no
shortage of suspects...
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