French Film

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French Film

2009,

1h 28m,

Romance/

Comedy

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250+ Ratings

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English writer Jed (Hugh Bonneville) thinks he understands love better than Thierry Grimandi (Éric Cantona), the French director he interviews. But when Jed's relationship with Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton) falls apart, he reconsiders the notion of love with the help of Thierry, as well as his relationship counselor and his friend, Marcus (Douglas Henshall). Jed soon ends up falling for Marcus' girl, Sophie (Anne-Marie Duff), and realizes there is something to the French people's idea of love.

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Edward Porter

The Times (UK)

May 17, 2009

2/5

The director, Jackie Oudney, gives Bonneville and Duff's scenes a proper romcom glow, but Aschlin Ditta's script resorts to a lot of faffing about to postpone the inevitable happy ending.

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

May 15, 2009

2/6

Not a good film by a long stretch, but there's something so harmless about this debut directorial effort (from a script by Aschlin 'Scenes of a Sexual Nature' Ditta) that to pull it apart would be like savaging a child's first attempt at storywriting.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

May 15, 2009

1/5

The writing - unfunny, repetitive - is barely sitcom standard; the lighting is brutal; the performances desperate.

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Don Groves

sbs.com.au

Dec 31, 2010

2/5

A bland, unfunny Gallic/English stew.

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Victor Olliver

Teletext

May 20, 2009

8/10

Director Oudney's great skill is to play a touch on national stereotypes (that's comedy for you) before delving into the heart of her characters.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

May 17, 2009

The film is clever, funny and emotionally truthful and the parodies of Grimandi's films are deadly accurate.

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Leia R

Jan 27, 2019

Funny film about love from different perspectives.

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Jackie Oudney

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Éric Cantona

Thierry Grimandi

Hugh Bonneville

Jed

Anne-Marie Duff

Sophie

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Victoria Hamilton

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Synopsis

English writer Jed (Hugh Bonneville) thinks he understands love better than Thierry Grimandi (Éric Cantona), the French director he interviews. But when Jed's relationship with Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton) falls apart, he reconsiders the notion of love with the help of Thierry, as well as his relationship counselor and his friend, Marcus (Douglas Henshall). Jed soon ends up falling for Marcus' girl, Sophie (Anne-Marie Duff), and realizes there is something to the French people's idea of love.

Director: Jackie Oudney
Screenwriter: Aschlin Ditta
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 28, 2009, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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