As played by the sly, exuberant Simon, Boudu is a shambling, willful, concupiscent child, a walking id and, with his Harpo-like mop of curly blond hair and repertoire of pratfalls, he rattles through the household like a Marx Brother, but one whose breakage costs money, whose insults register and sting, and whose priapic antics prove truly destructive.

NEWYORKER: Boudu Saved from Drowning