Word: broca
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand the basic atmospheric conditions of screwball humor, but he fails to enliven his combination of characters and incidents with any modern twists or new routines. He does not realize that this kind of fun cannot be created by haphazardly mixing together elements that worked well for Philippe de Broca and Preston Sturges; the essential ingredients are those the cook pulls from his own secret stock...
...Magnifique. Philip de Broca sets out to do to the spy thriller what he did to the World War I genre in King of Hearts. In America, Mel Brooks would be the likely candidate to take off on this secret agent silliness, one thinks--until one remembers that he did, with Get Smart on TV. And that's what this movie looks like at first, a French Get Smart, only with the added attraction of Belmondo's sexy grimaces and Jacqueline Bisset's--well, Jacqueline Bisset. But Brooks will joy-buzz you all night with this sort of thing (every...
Lighter than helium and just about as dense, this adventure farce is a pleas ant enough way to pass a little time. Di rector Philippe de Broca (That Man from Rio, Cartouche) has a blithe liking for unlikely situations and hapless heroics...
Directed by PHILIPPE DE BROCA Screenplay by JEAN-LOUP DABADIE...
Touch and Go remains casual about matters of plot, however, and gets lazy in its joking. There are too many Italian-army gags, for example, all having to do with stupidity or cowardice. Even more drastic, the film has an insinuating cuteness, like De Broca's much-cherished King of Hearts. De Broca works hard at being likable, and makes it, finally, alto gether too easy...