Real Life: The 3 Best Danny Boone Movies, Rated by Viewers

Comedian, actor, and then screenwriter and director, Danny Boone is a true geek. In 2005, he took his first steps behind the camera with a film adaptation.The life of the construction object“, a successful play that he wrote and directed in 2003. Thus, he made Michel Laroque, Daniel Prévost and Zinedine Souallem guests of his Maison du Bonheur. The film attracted more than 1.1 million viewers in cinemas.

Three years later, the director created a surprise with the comedy Welcome to the Ch’tis. With its 20 million participation, the film became the biggest French success of all time.

His new comedy Living for Real hit theaters yesterday, in which he responds to Kad Merad and Charlotte Gainsbourg. In this case, we invite you to discover the 3 best movies directed by Danny Boone according to AlloCiné audience ratings.

1 – Welcome to the ch’tis (2008) – 3.1/5

It is not surprising that Welcome to Ch’tis takes the first place in the ranking. In this comedy Philip (Kad Meradi), the director of the post office in Salon-de-Provence is transferred to Berg, a small town to the north. For this superstitious south, the north is terrifying. But to his surprise, he discovers a charming place and welcoming people, especially Antoine (Danny Boone), village postman.

For the second production, Danny Boone wanted to get rid of the clichés associated with the north of France and present a welcoming face to the region. He specified at the time that the idea of ​​the film started for those who are not familiar with Nord-Pas de Calais. “These French people who have a very negative and scary view of the region, be it poverty, desperation, unemployment or mines. Hence the desire to make a very human comedy, whose main character, who is not from the north, discovers the culture of Chtim, as a welcome, a sense of sharing.…”

And the bet is paying off, as the feature film starring Danny Boone, Kad Meradi, Laine Reno, Michelle Galabrew, Zoe Felix, Anne Marivin and Guy Lecloise is a real success. Released in February 2008, Bienvenue Chez les Cht’is sold over 20 million releases and became the biggest national box office success for a French film (and still is!). It is the first film to surpass Gérard Oury’s La Grande Vadrouille (1966) and its 17.3 million viewers at the French box office.

The film popularized Ch’timis expressions such as “biloute” and the town of Berg, where it was filmed, experienced a veritable tourism boom. A tour called “Ch’ti Touré” was organized and took fans to the filming locations.

An Italian remake of this comedy was called Benvenuti al Sud and X a parody version called Welcome to Ch’tites coquines…

2 – Little Family (2018) – 2.7/5

So we continue Ch’tis! 10 years after the success of Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis and 3 other feature films, Danny Boone returns to the North for La Ch’tite famille.

In this comedy, Boone plays Valentin, a Parisian architect who is married to Constance (Laurence Arne), also an architect. They are preparing to open a retrospective at the Tokyo Palace. But what no one knows is that in order to fit into the world of Parisian design and luxury, Valentine lied about his proletarian and bird origins. So when his family unexpectedly arrives on opening day, the meeting of the two worlds is disrupted. Especially since Valentine, after an accident, will lose his memory and find himself 20 years behind, more than ever!

despite Line Renaud and Guy Lecluse are on casting The bird family Not a sequel to Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, but still takes its cues and in particular “Culture Shock”.

Released in February 2018, the film is a success and will bring 5.626 million viewers in theaters. It is the third film of the year to surpass one million viewers in France, following Les Tuche 3 (5.687 million attendees) and Les Incredibles 2 (5.845 million viewers).

3 – Crazy RAID (2016) 2.5/5

A year before La Ch’tite famille, Danny Boone presented his action comedy RAID Dingue. Also played by Alice Paul, Michel Blanc and Ivan Atal, the film follows Johanna (Paul), a distracted and clumsy police officer who dreams of becoming the first woman to join the elite RAID group.

Admitted to a training center for unknown and political reasons, she then finds herself in the hands of Agent Eugène Froissard (known as Poissard) (Boone), the most effeminate of the RAID agents. This unlikely duo is tasked with stopping the dreaded Leopard Gang, responsible for major heists on the streets of the capital.

The film marks the filmmaker’s third collaboration with Alice Paul, following A Perfect Plan (2012) and Supercondriaque (2014).

The film, for which Danny Boone was supplied by stuntman and fight choreographer Allen Filarz, and for which the actor underwent intense training in bodybuilding, shooting and climbing, eating a lot of egg whites, Grison meat or 0% blanc. “So I started modestly with 20 push-ups a day and ended up doing over 200! I lost 15 kilos to gain back 10 muscles…” Boone recalls.

Released in February 2017, the film garnered 4.572 million viewers, again ranking third on the list of 2017 films that have surpassed one million viewers.

RAID Dingue is behind Despicable Me 3 with its 5.637 million viewers and Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi with more than 7 million admissions in France.