Vous n’avez rien à déclarer? (1959) - film review

When his childhood sweetheart, Paulette Dupont, marries Robert de Trivelin, Désiré Labaule resolves to win her back.  Unable to prevent the marriage from taking place, he follows the newly weds on their honeymoon and does everything he can to prevent them from consummating their union.  Robert becomes so unsettled by Désiré’s interruptions that he is unable to make love to his wife and he ends up having to consult a psychiatrist.  The latter suggests that he should see Gloria, a woman of ill-repute...

Despite having an exceptional cast, which includes the great comedienne Jacqueline Maillan and some actors who are now very highly regarded, this adaptation of Pierre Veber’s play falls somewhat flat and is typical of the kind of bargain basement comedy that French audiences had to endure in the late 1950s.  The jokes are too predictable to be amusing, the performances lack any kind of finesse and the direction is lamentable.  It’s plodding and not remotely funny.  Not a patch on the 1937 film version of the play.

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