Wednesday

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies might be one of the funniest films I've seen. I went to see it in the cinema twice last week, which perhaps tells you all you need to know. It's a French film, and might be called a cross between Austin Powers and The Pink Panther. At the moment, I find it funnier than both of those. OSS 117, or Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is a spy sent to Cairo to investigate the death of his colleague. He knows nothing of the middle-east, doesn't understand Arabic or the Muslim religion, and of course is deeply misogynist. It's hard to explain, but most of the comedy comes from him being totally inept, but thinking he's brilliant. A lot of this has to be down to the performance of Jean Dujardin, who does sometimes uncannily look like Sean Connery. If you miss this in the cinema, buy it for yourself for Christmas.