Prime material for a comedy of manners in the spirit of the times. Nearly thirty years ago, the Club Med was the ‘in’ place for vacations and inspired such movies as the ‘Les Bronzés’ series. In these times of recession, a whim of the stock market can turn a happy vacation in cowboy country into a mortifying traipse through hell. Jean-Paul Salomé (here making his second film after ‘Girls With Guns’) mines his material astutely, extracting not only laughter, emotion and anger but also a certain queasiness. ‘Tourist Trap’ is a real success, a film you have to see. The talent of the writing and dialogue is complemented to perfection by a lively cast of well-judged caricatures. The performances of Bernard Le Coq, Judith Henry, Emma de Caunes, Samuel Le Bihan, Claire Nadeau and Bruno Lochet are all collectors’ items and deserve a round of applause for the authenticity, tenderness, ruthlessness or emotion they impart. ‘Tourist Trap’ is a smart, hard-nosed, rib-tickling box of tricks that shuns clichés and slices through human weaknesses like butter. Don’t laugh: everything you will see could have happened to you. (Michel Pascal in “Le Point”, September 4th, 1998)