Heartbreaker

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Heartbreaker

2010,

1h 45m,

Comedy

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67%

76 Reviews

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66%

10,000+ Ratings

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67%

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76 Reviews

66%

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10,000+ Ratings

Alex (Romain Duris) is a successful entrepreneur in a business he himself pioneered: Hire him, and he'll seduce any woman you want into falling in love with him, thus breaking her out of an existing relationship, after which he'll disappear. When a wealthy businessman asks him to break up his daughter's relationship before her wedding in 10 days, it sounds tough but doable -- that is, until he meets the bride, Juliette (Vanessa Paradis), who may be the first woman to resist his charms.

Critics Consensus

While definitely on the fluffier side of French comedy, Heartbreaker benefits from never taking itself too seriously -- and from the performance of the ever-charming Romain Duris.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

Nov 12, 2013

To fully appreciate the pleasures of Pascal Chaumeil's debut feature, Heartbreaker, it helps to know-and love-Dirty Dancing.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Dec 20, 2010

3/5

A romantic comedy that is charming and light as a souffle.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sep 24, 2010

2.5/4

It sparkles like champagne. It's not the good stuff, but it'll do the trick.

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Oct 28, 2019

2/5

If it is guilty of any crime, it's the same one as Juliette's poor fiancé: inciting boredom.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Nov 5, 2018

3/5

It's always a good sign of talent when actors shine no matter the genre, and Duris... is in fine form in this light-hearted romantic comedy.

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Rebecca Barry Hill

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

May 16, 2011

4/5

This is fun, frothy screwball stuff that won't demand much more cerebral participation than reading the subtitles. But, like Duris, it should charm your pants off.

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Hermione W

Jan 11, 2017

a wonky business which serves to break couples up. the suave professional tritely falls for his victim whilst trying to tear her away from her perfect British gentleman fiance. The support crew carry the show as the leads aren't very inspiring.

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Synopsis

Alex (Romain Duris) is a successful entrepreneur in a business he himself pioneered: Hire him, and he'll seduce any woman you want into falling in love with him, thus breaking her out of an existing relationship, after which he'll disappear. When a wealthy businessman asks him to break up his daughter's relationship before her wedding in 10 days, it sounds tough but doable -- that is, until he meets the bride, Juliette (Vanessa Paradis), who may be the first woman to resist his charms.

Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Producer: Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Screenwriter: Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner, Yohan Gromb
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Focus Features, Quad Films, Universal Pictures France
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $504.0K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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