In his first big Hollywood film, French superstar Gerard Depardieu cheerfully goes slumming with sex, lies, and videotape's Andie MacDowell. Peter Weir's comedy offers a little charm, less story and virtually no movie.
Green Card
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France, Australia, United States · 1990
Rated PG-13 · 1h 48m
Director Peter Weir
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Urban horticulturist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a Frenchman whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
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Despite its lush photography, Green Card has the texture of peanut butter. It's more romantic than comedic, but there isn't an abundance of either. [11 Jan 1991]
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
As effective as MacDowell was in sex, lies, and videotape, she's clearly no match for the talented Depardieu; perhaps she'd seem less out of her depth if the script wasn't so implausible and threadbare.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Don't look for the originality and grit that distinguished Weir's Australian films Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, Green Card has all the heft of a potato chip. But Depardieu's charm recognizes no language barriers, and MacDowell, the revelation of sex, lies, and videotape, proves a fine, sexy foil.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Weir is good with his actors and good, too, at putting a slight spin on some of the obligatory scenes.
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