58 reviews, making the film a "Certified Fresh" on the website's rating system. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 20 reviews. In the UK, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw gave the film particular praise, citing a "far higher comedy-factor than the dull Get Smart, and the most lovingly detailed period pastiche since Todd Haynes's Far from Heaven." References In the first scene after credits, OSS 117 makes love to a woman who turned out to be the niece of King Farouk, the last significant king of modern Egypt. (The final Egyptian king, Fuad II, reigned for only 11 months, during which time he was an infant.) During the mission, the agent is put into an embarrassing situation where he is supposed to sing and play Oud, he sings "Bambino", originally an Italian song, composed by Giuseppe Fanciulli and wrote by Nicolas Salerno, but the famous version was performed by Cairo-born French singer Dalida, in the film, the performed version by the actor is in Algerian Arabic. Resources External links Official website 2006 films 2000s spy comedy films 2000s parody films Films directed by Michel Hazanavicius Films set in 1945 Films set in 1955 Films set in Egypt 2000s French-language films French spy comedy films Films shot in Morocco French parody films Parody films based on James Bond films 2006 comedy films Films scored by Ludovic Bource 2000s French films