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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Rene Clement as a comedy director? Yes indeed, because even as singular a talent as Clement had to direct something early on, and here he is, directing Jacques Tati as a farm hand working where a boxer is training, and all the sparring partners are unconscious. So when the trainer spots Tati shadow-boxing with himself, he tosses the young dope to the champ.It doesn't look anything like what you'd expect a film from Clement to look like, and it doesn't look anything like what you'd expect a film with Tati to look like.... except for the young kids running around the farm, playing at being newsreel cameramen and shooting what looks interesting to them.... and which you need to think about for a few seconds before you realize that, yes, that makes sense..... and that makes it pretty much the earliest film by Tati in which his auctorial voice begins to be heard: a nostalgia for a world that never really existed, in which Hulot wanders happily across the shore, or leads a pack of wild dogs through the streets .... and that links to some of Clement's more singular works, like JEUX INTERDIT and LE MURA DI MALAPAGA. in which people long for a little compassion.It's odd how two artists can explore the same themes in such different ways.... and how nobody notices when their paths cross.

Jacques Tati's shorts are funny and fast-paced. It's a shame he made so few of them.The present film seems to have been inspired by Chaplin's "The Champion" of 1915. The plot is similar: a bumpkin is drafted as a sparring partner by a pro boxer. The gags are different from Charlot's but equally inspired. Once Tati appears the laughs don't stop until the film fades.As a bonus we are treated to a snippet of Tati's boxing pantomime from his music hall act, which he would present in toto in his last film "Parade." Rene Clement's direction is fine, and the music is also good. A real winner, this.

Pretty Funny.I saw this on Criterion´s M. Hulot's Holiday DVD.It is very inspired by the boxing scene in City Light.This short film is of course not as good because that is one of the funniest(or best) scenes in film history.It´s hard to rate short films but if I should rate it I give it a 4 out of 5.

Wow, Tati was a young man. Here he plays someone's young son, 17 years before M. Hulot's Holiday. The action centers around a boxing match between a champ and Tati, who knows nothing about boxing and has to consult a manual during the fight. It sounds funnier than it really is. Chaplin's boxing match in City Lights is much, much better. The editing of this film can be confusing. Still, it is funny. It's worth a 7/10. See it on Criterion's M. Hulot's Holiday DVD, recently released.