OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15

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  1. AlanB.
    May 13, 2008
    10
    Great French farce of 60's Spy films with brilliantly comedic performance by Jean Dejardin in the title role of French secret agent OSS 117.
  2. JackB.
    May 12, 2008
    10
    I don't give 10s to that many movies, but this one is a just about perfect comedy. Endlessly re-watchable, just as funny the fifth time as the first. Great little subtleties you only notice after watching a few times.

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Metascore
62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lisa Nesselson
    70
    A spy spoof that -- rarity of rarities -- represents a remake actually worth making. Current comic fave Jean Dujardin plays title character OSS 117 as a kind of James Bond crossed with Maxwell Smart.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    70
    A frequently uproarious send-up of Jean Bruce's long-running series of spy novels.
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  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    91
    The real joy here is the performance of Jean Dujardin, who, besides being very funny as the Gallic Maxwell Smart, is also enormously charismatic and is made to look uncannily (and I do mean uncannily) like the young Sean Connery of "Dr. No" and "Goldfinger."
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