French Kissers, The

aka: Les Beaux Gosses
France 2009, 89 minutes
Dir. Riad Sattouf
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Comedy / Youth

Feat. Vincent Lacoste, Anthony Sonigo, Alice Trémolière, Emmanuelle Devos

Aroview: Gallic hormonal comedy about two unkempt, sex-obsessed adolescents and their wavering exploits with the school's most popular girl.

Is quite convincing in portraying bumbling, spots'n'all youth and has a tangy electro-pop soundtrack, but its aspirations for teenage poignancy are compromised by broad quirky comedy (which no doubt made it a 'date movie' hit in France). Proving that masturbation jokes are just as goofy in any language, this has to settle for being merely a "promising debut" by comic-book artist turned writer-director, Riad Sattouf.