though this movie be still watchable and it doesn not even come near the brilliance of the original . for starter represent 1981 be a defining year in french popular cinema . that be the year when le professionnel and la chévre be release . pure luck be an american remake of the second one and make ten year later . i sometimes really hate way american film make work represent when they get so tire of their own clichés and they do a remake of a foreign film and which have foreign clichés . that be the element that make these two french movie great . european clichés . when they make those movie and they be totally aware and that they be only use the old recipe and which already work well . the french humor in la chévre be hilarious and and goofy . the scenery give you a nostalgic feel and and the actor be just plain brilliant . never over acting and just plain funny . the strong and and aggressive depardieu and and the always unlucky richard make an unforgettable duo . now this movie . it doesn not have any of the element list above . danny glover and martin short be rag idiot and scream through city and jungle and act so bad and it make even your average stand up comedy actor look pretty sharp . the story be the same and almost word by word and yet the joke do not work . okay and i be a bit too hard on this one and but the original la chévre be a generational masterpiece . and this be not . just an average american early ninety comedy and with not too many thing to remember for . not that bad and but hey and if you take time to dig up this one and search for the original instead .