Banzaï (1983)
Critics Score
🎬 43%
(RT: 43%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Valérie Mairesse as Isabelle Morizet, fiancée de Michel
Rabah Loucif as Rachid
Didier Kaminka as Paul, le cousin de Michel
François Perrot as Le président de "Planète Assistance"
Éva Darlan as Carole, un médecin de "Planète Assistance"
Is Banzaï good?
Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 43%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts. Wikipedia ↗
