So let's not be culturally snobbish. By the time your ear is good enough to cope effortlessly with Coluche's Tchao Pantin you won't need this site. In the meantime - let's hope that French teachers take the hint and start giving their students fictional material that they can actually understand !

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Zorro has the voice of the landed gentry while other characters are just a bit harder to follow

Thanks to the voice-over of Patrick Floersham, this is a Level-1, although with some moments of difficulty because of the background sound.

I expected this to be a Level 2, perhaps less. In fact it makes quite a difficult listening exercise. The better the dubbing, the harder the film is to follow. This is very well done.

Very clear dialogue, although there is a passage right at the very end where the prof talks about the talent of Harry's father pour 's'attirer des ennuis' Is that right ?

The dialogue is fast and supposed to be idiomatic. But in fact it's a sort of transatlantic French, nothing like as difficult as the real thing. Still a Level-3, though

Like so many American series, this is professionally written, and the gentle pace of the dialogue gives the ear a chance to catch up. Apart from the little girl's conversation. Where was it the credit card agent had already called ?

Interesting that as soon as pronunciation deviates from Paris standard we're foxed. Where on earth did these guys learn their French?  And are they part of the Francophone community ?
Level 3 and a bit

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How strange it is that American films work so well in French. It always seems to me that the dubbing actors particularly enjoy giving their own voices the gritty quality of the American accent

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If the dialogue were delivered more slowly, this would be Level-1. Most of it is very clear. However, the rapid pace makes it a good little exercise at Level-2. Horribly boring story, though, isn't it ?