Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Plastic surgeon Michel Saint-Josse is on his way to Spain where he hopes to spend a stress-free holiday in a luxury hotel with his teenage daughter Vanessa. When his car breaks down near a camping, Michel accepts the offer of help from an extrovert gigolo camper named Patrick Chirac. Whilst their car is being repaired, Michel and Vanessa agree to stay in Patrick’s well proportioned tent, not knowing that, thanks to a series of mishaps, it will be their home for several days...
Camping is a fairly standard French fish-out-of-water comedy built on a well-worn premise: uptight bourgeois meets working-class extrovert in a forced cohabitation scenario. The plot follows predictable beats with few surprises, and the cinematography is functional at best, typical of mid-budget French comedies of the era. Acting from Franck Dubosc and Mathilde Seigner provides some energy but nothing particularly memorable. The concept and execution offer little that distinguishes it from countless similar comedies, and the resolution is conventional. It performs adequately as light entertainment but doesn't excel in any particular dimension.