The read
Every source lands within 3 points of the others, across 2,100 audience votes. Scores higher than 88% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic73/100
2,105 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis VeberDirector
- Francis VeberScreenplay
- Vladimir CosmaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jacques VilleretFrançois Pignon
- Thierry LhermittePierre Brochant
- Francis HusterJuste Leblanc
- Daniel PrévostLucien Cheval
- Alexandra VandernootChristine Brochant
- Catherine FrotMarlène Sasseur
- Edgar GivryJean Cordier
- Christian PereiraDoctor Sorbier
- Benoît BellalBichaud, first animator
- Jacques BleuThird animator
- Philippe BrigaudBoomerang enthusiast guest
- Michel CacciaGuest
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