# Another movie ID thread: French American somethingsomething.

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**Created:** [September 16, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-id-thread-french-american-somethingsomething/372927 "2006-09-16T04:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-id-thread-french-american-somethingsomething/372927/1 "2006-09-16T04:52:13Z")

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I remember hearing about a movie that I’ve been trying to find and see for a while now, but I can’t remember the title and Googling isn’t helping. I’m pretty sure it’s a French movie, and I think it’s a comedy. It’s certainly about a Frenchman who has somehow decided that he is actually an American (at least at heart). Unfortunately, the American consulate turns down his immigration application. Obviously, in that great American can-do spirit, he decides to turn his block into a little slice of what he thinks America is like and declare it the 51st state. It continues in that general fashion.

Anyone have any idea what I’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-id-thread-french-american-somethingsomething/372927/2 "2006-09-16T05:22:23Z")

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[Voila!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0381008/) Your description makes it sound kinda interesting, but unfortunately it currently has a 3.5 on IMDB, if you care about that kind of thing…

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**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-movie-id-thread-french-american-somethingsomething/372927/3 "2006-09-16T06:04:40Z")

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Yes, there we are. I misremembered the name (as _L’American_) and couldn’t turn it up. Thank you!

The reviews do look pretty bad, even to my very meager French, and I don’t think there’s a subbed version of the DVD out there. Too bad; apparently some people are trying to offload it for as little as three to five euros, and I don’t think I’d mind that too much to satisfy my curiosity.