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09/09/09
The Girl From Monaco (2009)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:8
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.9/10
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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Top CriticThe Girl from Monaco is a tease.
07/24/09
Top CriticAn uncommonly shrewd and funny farce.
07/24/09
Top CriticLuchini's trademark mannerisms, which in some films can be irritating, are here perfectly judged and appropriate. Zem confirms his growing stature as a boxoffice attraction, [and] Bourgoin does well to keep her character from veering into caricature.
07/24/09
Top CriticA generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.
07/24/09
Top CriticAs a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark.
07/24/09
Top CriticIt was a perfect blend of satire and tension.
07/06/09
Top CriticThe film dances around suspense and satire, but achieves little of both.
07/06/09
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
Top CriticThis is a modest but expertly performed piece. And this summer, surrounded by lesser, louder, bigger and dumber diversions, it's especially welcome.
07/03/09
Top CriticThe Girl From Monaco may be momentarily entertaining, but don't expect anything profound from the lightweight saga as it wends its way to its contrived, TV-movie conclusion.
07/03/09
Top CriticIt's often sparkling, always stylish -- but ultimately no more significant than another day at an overpriced resort.
07/03/09
Top CriticSomehow 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 CriticSome movies create an inviting world for the viewer. This is one of them.
07/03/09
Top CriticThe Girl from Monaco is not more than an entertainment, but an assured and well-oiled one.
07/03/09
Top CriticAt best diverting, at worst an almost self-parodic compendium of French film cliches.
07/03/09
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 CriticFor 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 CriticThe modest pleasure of the film issues chiefly from the performances.
07/01/09
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