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Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Land of Shtis) (Welcome to the Sticks) (2008)

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A man born and raised on France's Southern coast is exiled to the Northern territories in this comedy from actor, director and screenwriter Dany Boon. Philippe Abrams (Kad Merad) helps run the post office in a picturesque small town in the South of France, Salon de Provence. Philippe's wife Julie (Zoe Felix) has been down in the dumps, and he thinks one way to lift her spirits would be to relocate to the more glamorous surroundings of the Cote d'Azur. However, Philippe's attempts to finagle a

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Comedy

Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot

Dec 2, 2008

Christal Films

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Critic Reviews for Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Land of Shtis) (Welcome to the Sticks)

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2)

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) différence.

January 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Globe and Mail
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[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.

January 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Greg Quill
Toronto Star
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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

May 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

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

January 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | Comments (2)
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

In this comedy about misconceptions, love and true friendship, Danny Boon gives us an enjoyable lesson in avoiding making assumptions about people

August 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

Thoroughly enjoyable and contagiously funny, this is solid French gold

August 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

A winner. Puts its tale of a southern postal worker hoping for a transfer to the Côte d'Azur through the very effective reverse psychology wringer when he ends up in the dreaded north instead - but discovers he loves it.

April 25, 2008 Full Review Source: european-films.net | Comment
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net
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Slight, but amusing film. The parts where the wife goes to visit are hilarious, and I give full marks to whoever did the translating for the subtitltes!

September 6, 2008
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Nicki Marie

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Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis. Simply formulaic, but charmingly funny. I'll start out by saying that I've lived in Belgium my whole life, and I speak French. Coming from that point of view, this film was hilarious. I loved that it begins pouring rain the second he enters into the territory of "Le Nord" (been there), and

January 31, 2011
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Luke Turley

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Foreign Titles

  • Willkommen bei den Sch'tis (DE)
  • Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) (UK)
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