Review of Docteur Popaul

According to IMDb trivia, "Docteur Popaul" was Claude Chabrol's biggest commercial hit in France up to that point in time, however Chabrol himself probably wasn't too pleased with how his little experiment in comedy turned out, since he rarely attempted it again for the rest of his long career. The laughs are few and far between (a dream sequence with Belmondo playing multiple roles is an interesting idea that doesn't really come off), and what's worse, for most of the running time the story doesn't seem to have a point; when it introduces an elaborate deception near the end, it hardly seems worth the wait. Still, any movie that features (even fleeting) nudity from the incredible Laura Antonelli can't be ALL bad! ** out of 4.