This is the kind of pseudo-intellectual mad as cats bonkers film only the French could make. But for all its failing and pretensions, I found it interesting to watch - (more interesting that most Hollywood drivel)- though a bit unpleasant and pointless at times. Just why the French so love the middle aged male intellecctuals so much? Old drunk men who are academics or psychoanalysts really are not at all interesting or to be admired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And one question: where were the police in this movie? Does France not have any Gendarmes any more??????????????? BUT the biggest issue by far in this movie is this: the two guys are supposed to be redheads persecuted by society; in fact, one has light brown hair and the other's is auburn/titian! In the UK they would not be called ginger at all!!!!!That is a big visual error in this movie!!!! Oh, and also, Ireland is NOT 100% full of ginger people either: the UK is about 5%, I think, with Ireland and Scotland between 5 and 10%.................. With this film on the DVD extras you get MIAs 'Our Day Will Come ' videa set in the US by the same director - much better than this movie, really.
I am laughing at how the other reviewer took this film so literally. Besides that, this movie is a lot of fun - it follows a bored psychiatrist that meets a completely insane red head and follows his lead just for kicks. After pointing him at a few situations to get the mad man out of his shell, the psychiatrist both joins in the mayhem and takes a back seat to see what will happen next. It's a road movie of sorts that takes you to some messed up places. The ending is great. I'd never heard of this film before and I can't even remember adding to my cinema paradiso list. I've already recommended it to my ginger mates.