This film will induce heartburn, upset stomach, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and bloating. That's what the DVD package should read on this one, but then again, not everyone who watches this film will be physically trying to keep up with the amount of food being consumed in the film as a few of us were while watching this.
Four french "gentlemen" on a mission to kill themselves in as short of a time as possible through food consumption.... not your average plotline, but as I say that I realize 1970's French films aren't known for being very generic.
As you've probably gathered by now, the theme of this one is excess, and oh is it ever excessive. I'm fairly certain the actors in this film had to have suffered at least minor health effects from the amount of calories consumed just in a single scene, much less through the course of the whole film. And within the film itself, the characters they played suffer them aplenty. Everything from hilariously ridiculous gaseous expulsions to diabetic shock and death are among what these french fools suffer through. But it's all in their not very well explained "plan" so there aren't really any true victims in this one. Save for maybe the whores they invite over who witness some rather intense gluttony, but they got paid so whose complaining?
The truly shocking stuff waits until nearly the end of the film to show up, so this movie creeps along rather slowly for most of its length. But once the ball gets rollin' it's on! A couple of the death scenes in this one are truly fantastic in their overboardness, for fear of ruining them I'll just say that masturbation and flatulation abound. And the combination of food and sex in this film lends it a secondary shock element, that only the French would so openly embrace in the '70's. Well, that's probably an incorrect statement, but it sounded good.
Like I mentioned, this movie is mostly buildup to a grand explosion (no pun intended) of goofy grossness at the end, but it is well worth watching, and very entertaining. If you like orgys and food, don't miss it!
tastelessness 7/10
gore 1/10
must-see-ness 6/10
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