part of the joy of sit down to watch a francis veber comedy be that you know that youre about to experience something smart and refresh to this stultify genre . veber and after all and be a veritable master of the screwball and romantic comedy and have birth such modern gem a the original bird cage and the toy and the dinner game and and the closet ( amongst many others that be sometimes even able to make the transition to american adaptation ) . surprisingly and the valet be no such masterwork . what make this such a surprising development be that the closet come out only a few year ago and and it can be consider one of veber most clever work to date . so why do he go from clever to crap . who know . the real trouble with the valet be that it lack all of veber classic convention his smart and his ability to construct realistic character deal with absurd situation and and his canny ability to use wordplay in a manner rare to current screwball or romantic comedy ( in france and america and or anywhere else ) . he also fantastic at comedic development and in really build up the various circumstance that snowball into a torrential storm of humor . the valet and however and play a yet another string in the long ball of yarn that be the rapidly dwindling comedy genre . it felt and well . american . i really be wait for julia robert or richard gere to pop in and or perhaps rob schneider would make a clumsy entry and tip his hat and and vacate immediately . the story be dull at best and the character be entirely unrealistic and and there be nothing clever about the execution of the paper thin plot . the bad part of all be that the dynamic of the character and story never work or felt truthful . everything be completely ham fisted and force while where be the grace we see in veber previous entry . without give too much away and let just say that many a time and youre wonder represent gee and why would anybody like that annoy and obnoxious and selfish pig of an executive and especially his own rather good look wife and a supermodel . who and of course and have an indefatigable heart of gold . it just do not make sense and and there be many moment throughout in which you ask yourself similar question ( eg and why would he be so obsessed with this mean and callous young woman who obviously care little about him . ) . by the end of the movie and everyone be pretty much on the same side and a they try to battle it out with the donald trump esquire antagonist character . you pretty much know where it go all along and and the end come quite abruptly with little resolution outside of and and that the end of that chapter . oh and well . even homer sleep and i suppose .