In preparation of my French oral examination today (I got a B by the way!), Eric and Mike treated me to the film Les Boys, which is essentially the french equivalent to Slapshot.
It was awesome. I didn’t catch every nuance but I would have to say that I may have enjoyed it more than Slapshot. Speaking about Slapshot, Vero told me that the French overdubbed version is better than the English version just because of the sheer hilarity of it.
Les Boys follows an amateur hockey league somewhere in Quebec (maybe in Montreal) and the lives of all the different players. The manager gets into some financial trouble and the team has to help him out by winning a hockey game.
My favourite line in the movie is when Sonia is on top of Mario in a van and says:
Sonia: “You know this is a team effort, right?”
Mario:”Sorry, this is my first time.”
Sonia:”This is your first time with a woman?”
Mario:”No, it’s my first time missing a hockey game!”
Hilarious.
Check out this film. Even if you have to put the English sub-titles on. This is a piece of Franco history.
6 replies on “Review: Les Boys”
Hahahahahaha,
That quote is awesome!
lol, I second that
Only gay person would think slapshot is second rate
That’s right, Les Boys is a movie everybody should watch weather your french or not. That is followed by the movie “Elvis Gratton” of course!
Congrats for you “B” in french test Baby!!
You are now officialy considered bilingual! (so no more excuses! lol)
Glad you liked it. THe sequels are decent if you liked the humour in it.
I’ve tried the experiment of showing Elvis Gratton to some anglophone friends and they didn’t get it. 🙁
Things like La Petite Vie and Elvis Gratton remind me ina funny way of Monty’s Python skits. You either laugh and get it or you don’t.