Bye Bye Morons review – frantically misjudged French farce doesn’t travel well

Albert Dupontel stars in his own hectic romp, which tries and fails to be funny about disability and dyingBafflement has to be the chief response to this laboured, weirdly misjudged comedy from French actor and film-maker Albert Dupontel, supposedly inspired by the anarchic spirit of Terry Gilliam, who has been credited for “participation exceptionelle” and gets a wacky cameo.

It’s also dedicated to the memory of Terry Jones.But in fact this is a frantically French romp in the commercial mainstream, about as far from Python as it’s possible to get.

Virginie Efira – not a comedy natural – plays Suze, a woman dying of a bronchial disorder, of all hilarious things.

Before she dies, she wants to find the child she was forced to give up as an unmarried teen mother.

But while she is at the government office begging for help, that department’s It technician, Monsieur

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