C'est dommage, I have encountered a real French dud!
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07/07/09
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
So what else is there to remotely recommend this film? As the French say, "rien".
07/07/09
It was a perfect blend of satire and tension.
07/06/09
The film dances around suspense and satire, but achieves little of both.
07/06/09
Fontaine puts a string of similarly striking images in succession, but they don’t really coalesce into a movie.
07/03/09
The 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
This 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
It's often sparkling, always stylish -- but ultimately no more significant than another day at an overpriced resort.
07/03/09
Top CriticThe Girl From Monaco is a romantic comedy/drama, but the most appealing relationship has nothing to do with the girl of the title.
07/03/09
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 CriticSome movies create an inviting world for the viewer. This is one of them.
07/03/09
Top Critic...isn't much of a movie but offers scrumptious views. Watching this movie makes you feel rich and sun-kissed and slightly decadent.
07/03/09
The 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
The 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 film's love triangle and subsequent tonal 180 is a head-scratcher that renders it neither a comedy nor drama. What it feels like instead is a trifle -- and not one compelling enough to recommend.
07/02/09
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
A confection that has gone sour before you've finished consuming it.
07/02/09
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