Superbly funny

If you love the director's other triumph, Tati Danielle, then you'll love this. Two parents desperate to be free of their live-at-home 28-yr-old, intellectual son, who start off unable to tell him he should go his own way. It soon degenerates into classic farce as they try every available wheeze to get him out, until they almost drive themselves mad with their failures. And yet all the time, Tanguy floats above their anger and frustration, dispensing pearls of philosophical Chinese wisdom and remaining calm.

This film is a builder; it starts off without too many laughs, then slowly builds to a crescendo of guffawing and real belly-laughs. It's a treat, and one of those comedies that the French do so well. Rent it - you won't be disappointed.