Marsupilami on Canal Plus: successful bet for Philippe Lacheau (review)

After Shabat, Lacheau recovers the Marsu and immerses it in his trashy universe. Jamel Debbouze takes his Pablito back to bridge the gap. Two comic traditions that don’t speak the same language, but who end up getting along.

The biggest French success of the year, with more than 6 million spectators in theaters, Marsupilami by Philippe Lacheau and Jamel Debbouze arrives this Friday evening on Canal Plus, and in streaming on MyCanal. Première recommends this family comedy. Our review:

Taking over the Marsu after Alain Chabat was less a remake than a damn risky relay. In 2012, Sur la piste du Marsupilami assumed its joyful anachronism, its retro humor and its DIY sweetness. Fourteen years later, Philippe Lacheau inherits the spotted bug and immerses it in his own DNA. The gag mechanics are more frontal, noisier, sometimes panzer – but not necessarily messed up.