Synopsis
French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.
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Cast
- Jean DujardinHubert Bonisseur de la Bath, OSS 117
- Louise MonotDolorès
- Alex LutzHeinrich
- Reem KhericiFraulein Frieda / Carlotta
- Rüdiger VoglerVon Zimmel
- Pierre BellemareArmand Lesignac
- Ken SamuelsTrumendous
- Serge HazanaviciusStaman
- Laurent CapellutoKutner
- Moon DaillyThe Countess
Recommendations
- 80
Boxoffice Magazine
Uproariously funny. - 80
Variety
Jean Dujardin pulls off a charming, Peter Sellers-esque performance as he bumbles his way through retro cloak-and-dagger intrigue, displaying his character's uncanny ability to insult anyone -- and, especially in this episode, women and Jews -- who's not 100% Gallic, male and a diehard Charles de Gaulle fanatic. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A very funny French comedy of a variety that usually doesn't make its way here. - 70
Village Voice
The look of the reference-heavy film, mostly shot on location in Brazil, is impeccably cheesy, but the Nazi humor and awkward sexist and racist eruptions smell a little stale. And yet, given time, the film develops an energy all its own. - 70
NPR
It would be charitable to say Lost In Rio picks up right where "Cairo, Nest Of Spies" left off; in reality all it does is rinse and repeat. Hazanavicius does, however, get the most out of the new backdrop. - 67
The A.V. Club
None of this is particularly sophisticated humor; again, it's Austin Powers goofery by way of Mel Brooks, though with a cooler, dryer tone and a much straighter face, embodied by Dujardin's vapidly winning grin, which admits no embarrassment or self-awareness. - 60
Los Angeles Times
I don't know that we actually need Agent OSS 117, but the world is a slightly better place with him around. And the film itself is a harmless trifle -- make that truffle, chocolate of course. - 50
The New York Times
Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy's combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it's an act that eventually wears thin.
