Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Lawbolisted Powerful

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

tony_le_stephanois When François Perrin is just back from unemployment, he wants to take no risks as a journalist. Unfortunately, the son of the president of his magazine sees him and says: I want him. So he is hired… as a 'jouet', just another toy for one of the most spoiled brats that ever existed. Which means, karting through the house, playing cowboy, and fussball.A neat comedy, good for some laughs, and highly appreciated by its audience. I think it appeals to the feelings of many people for a couple of reasons. Firstly the feeling of a kids paradise. Racing in a kart through the house, that kind of stuff. It also works the other way around: it is great seeing Perrin getting in contact with his inner child again. And at the same time it appeals because of the tragedy. The kid needs warmth and love from his parents, not just another gift.Pierre Richard is perfect for his part but I think the supporting cast is also quite wonderful. Everyone in the family plays it as straight as possible. Especially the father (Michel Bouquet, who had an awkward childhood himself – read his wonderful biography here on IMDb), and Fabrice Greco as the kid. This was the only role Greco played in his life! How about peaking early in your career! The only part that was forgettable, was the part of the sister, but in many Veber screenplays the women are underdeveloped.This was Francis Veber's first feature film to direct. Already you can see Veber had a different approach than the people he used to work with as a writer of screenplays: much more steady photography, fewer edits, more symmetry. This way the comedic acting is more powerful, though it lacks the usual natural flow of seventies films. In a way, Veber's clean directing style fitted very well in the 80's. From this film on he directed a film about every three years, and in all his screenplays he stayed faithful to the same premise: coupling two opposite strangers. That's quite something, I never heard any writer doing something alike.

gojack10 This is a great film! Richard Pryor thought he could use a remake as his personal vehicle in 'The Toy", but the American Hollywood version lacked theinsight and the comic spirit of the French original. The film captures the arrogance and hateful attitude of the capitalist rich towards their employees to a T. I was laughing throughout the entire film! If you get a chance, check it out. I give it 100 stars on a scale of 0 to 10. Give it to Hollywood to mess this one up, which they did. When will we Americans get fed up with this LA butchering of an art form always transformed into commercialized spoon-fed crap? See the original and weep for Poor Richard.

kornopolous I saw this film in 1982. Our French teacher in High school took all her classes to see this one day during school. We were supposed to be immersed in the language while watching. Mostly, we got caught up in the story (and the subtitles) simple story that was simply told.However, the US version screwed it all up by making making it a farce. Subtlty is lost here in the US. I really would like to see it again, since I only saw it the once 20 years ago

Thalan A very nice and funny movie with several ideas tied into it. It is the original movie which was followed by an American version, The Toy. I feel the American version lost some of the important ideas that they were expressing in the original.