The acting is excellent, and the film really works as an old-fashioned farce, that doesn't take itself too seriously.
I think the American voice-over is supposed to be some sort of joke, but, for me, it failed to be funny, and was simply an annoying intrusion into a very English farce.
Once you have the genre, the plot makes sense - you're not supposed to take the plot holes seriously - they are supposed to be there.
Like any good farce, there is both the pantomime aspect, and some genuine tragedy.
It would be nice if there really was a film 'Les Enfants'?
It'd have been nice to know who the deluded Frenchman actually was, but, of course, that wouldn't make sense in the film.
I think the American voice-over is supposed to be some sort of joke, but, for me, it failed to be funny, and was simply an annoying intrusion into a very English farce.
Once you have the genre, the plot makes sense - you're not supposed to take the plot holes seriously - they are supposed to be there.
Like any good farce, there is both the pantomime aspect, and some genuine tragedy.
It would be nice if there really was a film 'Les Enfants'?
It'd have been nice to know who the deluded Frenchman actually was, but, of course, that wouldn't make sense in the film.