If this isn't quite top drawer Veber it IS still Veber and that means it's almost certainly throw two mis-matched males together in the cause of laughter. This time around it's Jean Reno - later to feature opposite Depardieu in Veber's Tais-toi - and Patrick Bruehl. The former is an anthropologist who is taking a Shaman from the Rain-Forest on a world tour to raise awareness and the latter is a nebbish in hock to the mob who could use a vacation to Anywhere until the heat is off. When the Shaman takes a shine to the nebbish, lays a 'magic' charm on him and charges him with 'finding' his - the Shaman - soul Bruehl goes along for the ride fully intending to catch the next plane back to Charles de Gaul. Things, of course, don't work like that and next thing he knows this Clark Kent turns into Superman and throws a couple of hard men literally across the room. He still has eyes to flee the scene however but eventually stays to defeat the heavy and win the girl. With this added to my DVD collection I lack only Le Jouet for a complete set of movies both written and directed by Veber (the latest, La Doublure, is not yet available on DVD) and though this one will be reprised less often than the other five it WILL be reprised.
Review of The Jaguar
