I wasn't too sure about watching this movie to be honest. A family movie with a lot of kids as actors, it doesn't seem appealing to me, but in all fairness I have to admit it was a nice surprise. The reason I decided to watch it is because I'm a big fan of René Goscinny, one of the best known comic drawners from France (Asterix being the most famous one). The characters in the movie are based on his scenario. Another reason was that the adult cast consists of French comedians I like. Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Daniel Prévost are all comedians that can make me laugh, and for the smaller roles Anémone, Michel Galabru, François Damiens and best Belgian joke teller Renaud Rutten, all people that have a funny bone. But it's only fair to say all credits for the success of this movie are going to the very young cast. Promising kids as actors that made Le Petit Nicholas a most enjoyable movie to watch. The wild imagination and thoughts of the kids made the story funny, a thing I wasn't expecting. You don't necessarily have to be French to understand the comedy, my wife isn't and she did enjoy the movie as well. Le Petit Nicholas, well made, good humor and entertaining story, give it a go!
Review of Little Nicholas
