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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 2.5/5 |
When, 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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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... an engaging and stylish film. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Fontaine 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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
If you think I'm being tasteless, you should see the movie. Full Review |
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2/5 |
C'est dommage. Full Review |
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2/4 |
The Girl from Monaco is a tease. Full Review |
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An uncommonly shrewd and funny farce. Full Review |
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Luchini'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. Full Review |
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Luchini, who could read the phone directory and make it sound exciting, has completely nailed the soft-skinned, flabby, middle-aged lawyer who hides his hang-ups behind a barrage of verbiage. Full Review |
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A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
As a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Despite Bourgoin's dazzling presence, it's the hollow-eyed Luchini who quietly takes over the film. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The film doesn't add up to much in the end, but if you like leggy, flirty blondes, dark, brooding tough-guy bodyguards and fussy middle-aged lawyers, it's entertaining. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The postman may always ring twice, but a bodyguard doesn't even have to bother to knock. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
The French comedy-drama The Girl from Monaco demonstrates how an excess of liberté and fraternité can be hazardous to the health, especially where there is an absence of egalité. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Like its protagonist, you end up with plenty to think about, puzzle over, and forget. Full Review |
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7/10 |
It's not at all as disposable as it seems at first glance. Full Review |
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Luchini and Zern develop a nice rapport in their scenes together that helps to keep the whole enterprise afloat and Bourgoin is enough of a looker to explain why both would become so infatuated with her. Full Review |
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