“One of the best films in the history of cinema”: rating 3.8 out of 5, this is the best film with Pierre Richard!

The undisputed king of French comedy, 90-year-old Pierre Richard continues his series of projects. He shows us this week in Malavida’s retrospective “Pierre Richard on the Run”, consisting of three rare films, we will have seen them all! by Georges Lautner, A Cloud Between the Teeth and La Cavale des Fools by Marco Pico. A chance to delve into the actor’s rich filmography and discover which is his highest-rated movie on AlloCiné according to audience ratings.

With almost 19,000 ratings and an average of 3.8 out of 5, Francis Weber’s Goat takes the prize. This major theatrical success – with more than 7 million admissions since its release in 1981 – marks the first collaboration between Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu and the director.

The trio met twice more in the forties: in 1983 in Les Compères – 3.5 out of 5 – and three years later in Les Fugitifs – 3.6 out of 5.

In The Goat, Pierre Richard plays Francois Perrin, a rival goofball who teams up with a private detective (Gérard Depardieu) to find the daughter of a high-profile CEO who was kidnapped while on vacation in Mexico.

This is the second movie Francis Weber. His first, Letoy, released in 1976, already had Pierre Richard playing the same role.

What do viewers think?

For JojoBXL, it’s pretty easy “One of the best films in the history of cinema is a great comedy, a masterpiece.”

According to uncertainties (4.5 out of 5): “Even in the latter part of adventure cinema, The Goat is definitely in my top ten or even my top five French comedies..”

According to MaCultureGeek (4 of 5): “The perfect antidote to darkness. Humor that is constant, always increasing in intensity until it reaches the pinnacle of sophistication and hilarity.

Very well measured, mastered from beginning to end, the comedy of the piece is never superfluous. It never falls hard, it never strays from its target; In short, it’s consistent without being deviant, it’s good without losing, it’s funny without losing the point of a good story. A film that goes much further than its simple comedy.“

According to Gourmetdefilms (4 of 5): “It’s hard to underestimate the great classics of French cinema that we’ve seen ten times since childhood. In any case, we can always say that there are laughs and good humor to be had with the great Pierre Richard/Depardieu duo, led by the great Francis Weber. In short, an entertaining comedy, both funny and implausible, that just suffers from a few weaknesses in the story line.“

According to HawkMan (4 of 5):Francis Weber’s films are often very funny, and one of the most famous is, of course, The Goat. This film brings together for the first time one of the most complementary duos in the history of French cinema, namely Pierre Richard / Gérard Depardieu.

The duo meet to investigate and try to find a missing young girl. Depardieu is a professional investigator, Richard is a rookie recruited only because he is unlucky and only bad things happen to him (like the girl who disappeared).

After that, we can imagine funny scenes and you will not be disappointed. In short: a family movie you shouldn’t miss!“

According to Julien D (3 of 5): “The master of the French buddy film, Francis Weber, gave us a comedy with a goatee that his Pierre Richard/Gérard Depardieu tandem (which he would later reprise in Les compères and Les fugitifs) made impossible and allowed us to age. .

If the situations are not funny and the setting is insignificant, the quality of the dialogues and the two characters will have a lot of fun during this little adventure, which in itself is an excuse to discover a rather exotic environment.

The question of luck is cleverly raised consistently, by placing the pragmatic detective face to face with the perennial loser, thus justifying the absurd but always well-revealed wit..”