Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis

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Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis

2008

1h 46m

Comedy

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A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.

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Kamal Al-Solaylee

Globe and Mail

Jan 23, 2009

3/4

There's nothing revolutionary or artistically groundbreaking here, but there's something reassuring in the fact that this is what the French have anointed as their biggest hit. Vive la (low-key) diffrence.

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Greg Quill

Toronto Star

Jan 23, 2009

3/4

[Dany] Boon tinkers with the formula just enough to make his story fresh and the sentiment at its heart not too sweet, though compounded contrivances in the last 30 minutes of the picture threaten to unravel its peculiar magic.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Nov 4, 2018

2/5

Boon thinks it funny to leave the boom in shot all the time. It isn't. Indeed, little in this drivel is funny.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

Aug 22, 2017

Like any fish out of water story, the fun lies in the details, and to its credit, Welcome to the Sticks supplies them with polish.

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

May 10, 2009

2.5/5

den mporeis kai ola na ta katalabaineis ap' aytin tin farsokomodia poy den stereitai ekstatikon empneyseon sti domi, ektos ki an ta 'heis zisei apo konta

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

Jan 23, 2009

2/5

Welcome to the Sticks is the most successful movie ever released in France, possibly because self-deprecating humour is so rare there.

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Alain E

@AlainE Jul 15, 2026

I even have a French first name and could not tolerate this. French comedy about being transferred to the French boonies. Not very funny either. On Prime.

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peanutbutter m

@RT20912273 Aug 12, 2025

A great movie, a great cast, amazing fun. What can I say. The french movies are nowadays way ahead of those american blockbustercrap. Hollywood does not want good script, not good acting. They hust want explosions, cgi and the face tonsell the crap. Honestly. French movies are the best. This one, the Intouchables (no not that shi. with the annoying kevin and the in that movie rewlly bad bryan)

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May 20, 2018

Feeling warm rural minds. Happiness.

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Nov 28, 2014

C'est tout de même un film qui a marqué complètement les français, un film de toute une génération... A voir si vous ne l'avez pas encore vu !

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Aug 29, 2014

Funny, but no idea why it became the highest grossing comedy in France

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May 18, 2014

Bahahahahaahahahahah that's all I can say xD

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Synopsis

A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.

Director: Dany Boon
Producer: Claude Berri, Jérôme Seydoux
Screenwriter: Alexandre Charlot
Production Co: Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Hirsch Productions, Pathé Renn Productions, CRRAV, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Les Productions du Chicon, Canal+, TF1 Films Production, CinéCinéma
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 46m

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