karl braun
Even if the movie "Bienvenue chez les ch'tis" was a major hit in France I have to confess that it didn't really make me laugh. "Rien à déclarer" was in my opinion way better. This movie is kinda "buddy movie" which focus on the hatred that opposes Dani Boon (the french customs officer) and the always brilliant Benoit Poelvoorde (the Belgian officer). The angle used to oppose those two characters may look a bit basic but that's what makes the spectator believing the story. The movie is pretty good for the beginning till the end and the full cast is great. François Damiens had his little craziness for our own pleasure. Poelvoorde is the main character and is the one that makes this movie above average and trust me that Benoit pulls this waayy above average he makes it great ! If you like comedy and want to have your 2 hours of relaxation, this movie will delight you. Another good move from director Dani Boon. Enjoy !
benjones-11
The simplest way to summarise this film is to say that it is the equivalent of a B-side of Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis. I found the latter film amusing, but there are many, many French films which do better at providing comedy and a sense of heart-warming, and so it is still a mystery to me how it became France's most successful film of all time. Rien à déclarer has basically taken the same idea (a comedy which focuses on the negative stereotypes of northern France/Belgium) and then repeated it - with less skill. There are amusing moments, but too few and too far between. They are strongly outweighed by overacted slapstick and jokes which are schoolyard style at best. It would possibly have worked better if it had been aimed at all of the family, so that the children could watch a film which uses such childish humour. However, they ruined this opportunity by including scenes of drugs, violence and even nudity, with plenty of swearing! A bizarre decision to exclude such an audience! If you are considering this one, but haven't yet seen Bienvenu chez les ch'tis, then I would strongly recommend you chose the latter. If you have seen the latter, and are hoping to find the same thing with this Dany Boon offering, I would suggest you will only be disappointed.
Tulbi
I initially didn't want to see this movie because I didn't love the first one (allthough I liked parts of it) - bienvenue chez les chtis - and because the theme seemed to be kind of the same as in BCLC.I should have gone with my initial feelings, this movie is bad.Where the humor in the first one was indeed funny and original in "RAD" (rien a declarer) it's a "schoolyard - puberty - bad parts from Ali G." kind of humor. Sometimes I felt as if this movie was a costly produced school project. Some Ideas (that (if well executed) would have been a bit funny) were shown in such an exaggerated manner (e.g. time-wise) that I laughed in the beginning. But after some minutes of depictions of ONE single joke I wanted to cry."RAD" lacks a good storytelling, the filmmaker should have realized that it is not enough to string together some "half-baked" ideas.The whole French - Belgian thing was very badly realized and the acting was also done poorly (except Francois Damiens was funny in a quiet disturbing way). To sum up I'd say that: "This movie makes you laugh because of how bad it is and because you feel obliged to pursue its comedic intend."
Luigi Di Pilla
It's long time that I waited for such a funny movie. My nine year old son couldn't wait longer and forced me and my wife to watch the DVD this evening. The quality and humor of this movie is only attempted if it is watched in original language. There were many crazy dialogs and scenes and we had to laugh a lot tonight. Dany Boon and Paul Vervoorde played their role very believable and convincing and they merit standing ovations for this performance. The atmosphere and scenery was well adapted to the nineties. All in all again a truly great success for the french film industry and a win for the cinema world. Don't miss it and you won't regret. Congratulations to all the stuff. 9/10. If you liked it I recommend BIENVENU CHEZ LES CHTI'S, L'ENQUETE CORSE or TAIS-TOI.
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