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Sitcom (1998)
french rat story
This film is, above all else, a farce. As a farce it works very well and is, in many parts, extremely funny. A regular in Ozon's films, Lucia Sanchez, is excellent as the Spanish maid, and the mother is played to utter perfection by Evelyn Dandry. She is able to portray the utter frustration of any woman with teenage children. Ozon doesn't really cut new ground with this film, with its theme of the disruption of French bourgeois family life, but I don't think that he intends to. The film is funny on its own terms. The notion of Ozon being 'naughty' shines through. Of course, the utter beauty of Stephane Rideau makes the whole thing worthwhile by itself.
Hairspray (1988)
fabulous
This is one of my all-time favourite films, and I've watched it hundreds of times with increasing pleasure. The acting is superbly over the top, as are the sets and direction. Waters has managed to maintain a level of implicit filthiness and has combined it with 'acceptable' comedy. This is the reason that this film is equally popular with people who are Waters fans and those who are not.