‘Always Sunny’ Star Charlie Day Channels French Comic Icon Jacques Tati With Mixed Results
The French filmmaker’s sense of wide-eyed wonder in his whimsical adventures is missing in the tale of Latte Pronto in ‘Fool’s Paradise.’

A star and creator of the FX series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” – and, most recently, the voice of Luigi in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” Charlie Day, makes his feature directorial debut with “Fool’s Paradise,” which can be described as something of an homage to French filmmaker Jacques Tati. Impressively, Mr. Day has managed to wrangle an all-star ensemble including Ray Liotta, Adrien Brody, Kate Beckinsale, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, and John Malkovich to play second fiddle to him and Ken Jeong.
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