Occasionally disrespectful and hugely amusing... It's carried off with an irreverence that would delight Mel Brooks.

Disciples of Godard will be gritting their teeth... but then Redoubtable isn't really for them.

I found myself chuckling throughout Redoubtable, surprisingly entertained by its slapstick iconoclasm.

The potentially dry subject matter is given a wry telling by Hazanavicius, whose film brims with the signature style of his subject, employing bold, colourful intertitles, showboating tracking shots and fourth-wall-breaking asides.