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09/09/09
The Girl From Monaco (2009)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:23
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Undeniably slight, this satiric thriller suffers from an uneven tone and a relative lack of thrills, but solid performances from the cast help keep it afloat.
Theatrical Release:Jul 3, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $422,746
Synopsis: A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns... [More]
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin, Stéphane Audran
Director: Anne Fontaine
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Reviews for The Girl From Monaco
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10/22/09
Somehow Ms. Fontaine’s attempt to mix styles and genres does not quite work, and instead of drawing tighter, The Girl from Monaco snaps and slackens, its apparent ingenuity revealed as a dubious contrivance.
07/03/09
Top CriticWhen, far too late in the day for us to care, they enter Hitchcock territory, the plot shift gives you the cinematic equivalent of whiplash and leaves you holding your head, wondering how on earth it happened and really rather wishing it hadn't.
11/13/09
The film dances around suspense and satire, but achieves little of both.
07/06/09
If you think I'm being tasteless, you should see the movie.
07/24/09
As a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark.
07/24/09
Obsessed with the image of its tall and tan leading lady, The Girl from Monaco ends up a weak cocktail with a big red cherry floating between its ice cubes.
07/02/09
So what else is there to remotely recommend this film? As the French say, "rien".
07/07/09
Silly romantic comedy about a very proper top Parisian criminal lawyer on a case in Monaco where he falls for a trashy local eludes both truths and justice to its audience. Some pretty Monegasque scenery and a cameo from acting vet Stéphane Audran are no
06/17/09
A confection that has gone sour before you've finished consuming it.
07/02/09
C'est dommage, I have encountered a real French dud!
07/07/09
The Girl from Monaco is a tease.
07/24/09
Top CriticThe film, having paraded itself fairly clumsily as a romantic comedy with psychological twists, turns absurdly serious on the treacherous roads that hug Monaco’s cliffs.
07/02/09
Top CriticThe Girl From Monaco doesn’t seem to know whether it wants to be a sprightly sex comedy or an enigmatic little thriller. Unfortunately, it’s neither very funny nor very thrilling.
07/03/09
For all the elasticity of the form, Anne Fontaine's Girl is still a cloying bit of business, rarely very funny and never smart enough to make a solid point, at least about anything we don't already know.
07/02/09
Top CriticFontaine can't seem to decide whether she's making a dry sex farce or a slow-burn thriller, and the movie never really commits to either.
09/03/09
If a man had directed The Girl from Monaco, this erstwhile comedy would be labeled misogynistic -- a charge that would stick.
03/19/09
C'est dommage.
07/24/09
Like its protagonist, you end up with plenty to think about, puzzle over, and forget.
07/10/09
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