Astérix chez les Bretons [Asterix in Britain] (1986)

(On TV, December 2020) While not quite as much of a classic as the two 1960s animated Asterix films, Astérix chez les Bretons remains a pretty good adaptation of one of the best-known albums in the comic-book series. Obviously, stereotypes abound – and are even the film’s reason for existing as the Gauls go take a trip in England and discover two thousand years’ worth of jokes about bad food, tea, wretched syntax and rugby. (Black and Asian racism isn’t so much fun, though.) The animation is good by the standards of the 1980s, and allows the film to stick very, very close to Uderzo’s designs (which is a big deal compared to the live-action adaptations). Proudly watched in French; I can’t even imagine the mush that any translation would do to the language-related jokes. Solid film, a bit rough around the edges nowadays but still enjoyable.