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.
The Girl from Monaco(La Fille de Monaco)
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France · 2008
Rated R · 1h 35m
Director Anne Fontaine
Starring Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin, Stéphane Audran
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Bertrand, a successful, well-known lawyer, travels to Monaco to defend a rich widow charged with the murder of her husband, a member of the Russian mafia. Bertrand makes friends with Zem, the bodyguard assigned to protect him, but Zem becomes concerned when Bertrand starts a romance with an ambitious weather girl.
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A broad comedy and sometimes charming character study that takes a strange turn in tone and becomes a disappointing drama.
A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.
The murder trial and the possibility of a real attack on the attorney nicely offset the sexual gamesmanship, though the movie is badly compromised by a final left turn into serious drama and plot machination. Up until that point, it's an uncommonly shrewd and funny farce.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
This is a modest but expertly performed piece. And this summer, surrounded by lesser, louder, bigger and dumber diversions, it's especially welcome.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Sometimes a film is best utilized as a travelogue. Such is the case with the comedy-drama The Girl From Monaco, which isn't much of a movie but offers scrumptious views.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Casting can be the reason that one movie works and another doesn't. It is the first reason for the success of The Girl From Monaco, the kind of romantic comedy with a twist that used to star Jack Lemmon.
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