The creator of Nicky Larson validated Philippe Lacheau's film

“He absolutely did not betray my expectations…”

In October 2018, a few months before unveiling its Nicky Larson and the scent of Cupid at the Alpe d'Huez comedy festival, Philippe Lacheau could breathe. If the first trailer for his film had caused a lot of teeth to cringe during the summer, the creator of the manga, Tsukasa Hōjō, has validated the adaptation on the big screen. The author was present this weekend at Comic Con Paris that year, and he was delighted with the result: “ Philippe Lacheau absolutely did not betray my expectations. He took the entire work to construct his scenario “, he assured. What reassures the most skeptical?

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In July 2017, Philippe Lacheau confided on social networks his “ immense joy of adapting and producing for the cinema the cartoon from my childhood Nicky Larson! It's a childhood dream come true. We will do everything not to disappoint the entire Club Dorothée generation who knew Nicky Larson and introduce other generations to this extraordinary detective, both funny and brilliant. “.

Nicky Larson and the scent of Cupid will return this evening on M6. Here is the review of Firstand its trailer:

Initially, it was the fantasy of a thirty-year-old drinking at Club Dorothée who succeeded in everything, to the point of very seriously considering adapting it for the big screen. Nicky Larsona Japanese cartoon favored by kids from the 90s. A project that seems a little crazy that Philippe Lacheau (Babysitting, Alibi.com) nevertheless transforms into a nice hybrid action comedy, as much built on his childhood memories watching TF1 programs (the cameos and references abound) as on the character invented by the mangaka Tsukasa Hojo. With chocolate bars clearly visible, muscular pectorals, signature blue jacket and .357 Magnum in hand, Lacheau plays the bodyguard/detective, trigger-happy and notorious sexual obsessive, hired by a client (Didier Bourdon) to find a fragrance that makes irresistible to those who sprinkle themselves with it. A pretext plot which allows you to move without transition from the cartoonish terrain (rather successful) to fighting scenes with well-executed choreographies, including one in a particularly effective subjective view. Although uneven in its staging (we are sometimes close to the TV film… of TF1) and weighed down by the heaviness of certain gags, this Nicky Larson finds in its second part a form of balance between the spirit of anime and the humor of La Bande à Fifi, an improbable fusion of two worlds at odds with each other. In itself, it's already a magic trick.

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