i have a problem with the movie snob who consider american to be uncouth semi literate unable to appreciate the subtlety of the more sophisticated european and le francais and le italiens . just about anybody from le continong to whom english be a foreign language . if the humour in my father the hero be different from that in mon pere ce hero it be because the french sense of humour be different from that of the american . not well and not more clever and just different . if you think it be crass for hollywood to borrow from the french cinema just consider how much the french cinema have borrow from hollywood in the first place . where would belmondo and delon have be without bogart . truffaut without hitchcock . jerry lewis not know for his subtle and cerebral style be idolise in france . go figure . monsieur depardieu be exceptionally good a the hapless divorce father of a precocious 14 year old daughter on holiday in the bahamas together . unbeknowst to him and she present him to the other people at the hotel a her lover so a to make herself more interesting to a boy she have her eye on . not surprisingly and complication ensue . there be hommages to green card and cyrano de bergerac amusingly insert and m. depardieu go along with it all very good naturedly . he do a good maurice chevaler impression with thank heaven for little girl which be in fact funny and rather poignant a his audience and all of whom believe him to be the lover of a 14 year old girl and get up and leave two by two a he warble away and blissfully unaware of what be happen . when he turn round at the end of the song to acknowledge the expect applause the expression on his face be priceless . without him the movie would be very average indeed . with his huge shambling figure dominate the screen it be a lot of fun . no pecs and no six pack just a real proper human type be . formidable .