Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez is the kind of sunny, silly crime-comedy that knows exactly how to turn luxury into chaos: a gorgeous Riviera villa, a parade of glamorous guests, and one spectacularly unqualified detective who makes every room he enters a little more combustible. Set in a breezy 1970 haze, it plays like a vacation postcard that’s been scribbled over with slapstick, mistaken identities, and a Cluedo-style whodunit that keeps the mood light even when the stakes get messy. Christian Clavier leans into the “ambulant cataclysm” persona with delicious timing, while the film wrings laughs from class pretensions, celebrity vanity, and the sheer indignity of undercover work in a household full of secrets. It’s not for viewers who want a tight, serious mystery (or who dislike bawdy jokes and lots of smoking and drinking), but if you’re in the mood for a glossy, old-school farce with a criminal twist, this is a cheerful getaway.

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez wants to be a sunny, 1970-set whodunit farce—part glamorous Riviera postcard, part Cluedo-style chaos—powered by an “ambulant cataclysm” cop who ruins everything in the name of solving the case. The problem is the comedy leans heavily on broad, repetitive slapstick and loud character work, so if you don’t click with that old-school French farce rhythm, it can feel more exhausting than funny. The mystery is mostly an excuse to bounce between gags and celebrity-cameo energy, not a tightly satisfying crime plot, and the film’s constant smoking, drinking, and mildly raunchy banter may also be a turn-off depending on your tolerance. If you’re after something sharp or clever, look elsewhere—but if you just want a breezy, silly vacation movie with familiar faces and low-stakes mayhem, it does deliver that.