Pure Luck from 1991 to me is one of the most underrated American comedies of all time. Granted in the 32 years since it's initial release as with many other of Martin Short's films it has gotten the praise it deserves and a second life on home video cable and now streaming.
Was it one of the all time greatest American comedies like Airplane!, It Happened One Night or Some Like it Hot? No of course not it wasn't high art but it was a very likable funny comedy and Martin Short and Danny Glover were a lot of fun together.
It seems like Martin Short is Hollywood's go-to actor when remaking French comedies. The aforementioned and Three Fugitives and Jungle 2 Jungle were also remakes of French films.
Having recently rewatched Pure Luck I knew for years it was an American remake of this particular French film and out of curiosity I have wanted to see this for years but was never able to find it.
Thank goodness for streaming as this and Pure Luck are now easier and more convenient to find than ever before.
Naturally there are some differences between the original and remake.
While Pierre Richard made me laugh a few times with his pratfalls on the whole to me this movie just wasn't as funny as it's American version.
It certainly was interesting to compare both versions nonetheless and while it was far from boring some scenes in this version to me were awkward and out of place.
Granted I saw Pure Luck first so my opinion is biased towards that because it's the version of this story I know the best.
Perhaps if I had seen the original as I did the remake many years ago my opinion would be reversed.
Like The Birdcage the American remake of the French La Cage Aux Folles while it's American counterpart may be more enjoyable as I am an American that's not to say the original French version doesn't have its merits.
Upon viewing this version I learned Pierre Richard is one of France's most popular comedic actors and based on his performance here I can understand why.
Although I watched it with English subtitles I can still tell he has good chemistry with Gerard Deprauidu who plays Danny Glover's character in this original version.
So on the whole it was interesting to see because of my love for Pure Luck and while it won't be as memorable to me as that remake was it's still an ok movie in its own right.
If you liked Pure Luck enough and don't mind reading subtitles I would pair this with it's American version. Stream both of them one after the other.
And to have more enjoyment of this version I would watch it first.
Somehow it's just not as funny if you have seen Pure Luck first but that also doesn't mean it's a bad movie either.
Was it one of the all time greatest American comedies like Airplane!, It Happened One Night or Some Like it Hot? No of course not it wasn't high art but it was a very likable funny comedy and Martin Short and Danny Glover were a lot of fun together.
It seems like Martin Short is Hollywood's go-to actor when remaking French comedies. The aforementioned and Three Fugitives and Jungle 2 Jungle were also remakes of French films.
Having recently rewatched Pure Luck I knew for years it was an American remake of this particular French film and out of curiosity I have wanted to see this for years but was never able to find it.
Thank goodness for streaming as this and Pure Luck are now easier and more convenient to find than ever before.
Naturally there are some differences between the original and remake.
While Pierre Richard made me laugh a few times with his pratfalls on the whole to me this movie just wasn't as funny as it's American version.
It certainly was interesting to compare both versions nonetheless and while it was far from boring some scenes in this version to me were awkward and out of place.
Granted I saw Pure Luck first so my opinion is biased towards that because it's the version of this story I know the best.
Perhaps if I had seen the original as I did the remake many years ago my opinion would be reversed.
Like The Birdcage the American remake of the French La Cage Aux Folles while it's American counterpart may be more enjoyable as I am an American that's not to say the original French version doesn't have its merits.
Upon viewing this version I learned Pierre Richard is one of France's most popular comedic actors and based on his performance here I can understand why.
Although I watched it with English subtitles I can still tell he has good chemistry with Gerard Deprauidu who plays Danny Glover's character in this original version.
So on the whole it was interesting to see because of my love for Pure Luck and while it won't be as memorable to me as that remake was it's still an ok movie in its own right.
If you liked Pure Luck enough and don't mind reading subtitles I would pair this with it's American version. Stream both of them one after the other.
And to have more enjoyment of this version I would watch it first.
Somehow it's just not as funny if you have seen Pure Luck first but that also doesn't mean it's a bad movie either.