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France · 2003
Rated R · 1h 50m
Director Pierre Salvadori
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Kiberlain, Marilyne Canto, Michèle Moretti
Genre Comedy, Romance
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After a chance encounter, Antoine saves Louis's life, and doesn't stop there. Antoine gets Louis a job at the restaurant where he is the maître d', offers him a place to stay, and even searches for Louis's lost love Blanche. However, when he finds Blanche, Antoine finds himself caught up in a love triangle filled with complex emotions.
Praised be the gods that this rom-com is French. If not, we'd be haunted by visions of a Focker-ish Dustin Hoffman rescuing a suicidal Tony Shalhoub then orchestrating the TV germophobe's reunification with ex Lisa Kudrow. Vive la France!
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Maybe the movie does so much dawdling and meandering so we'll have more time to bask in their presence; in any case, the otherwise pleasant picture uses up its ideas long before it uses up its running time.
The best that can be said for this excitable, harmless romantic comedy is that it is smoothly directed by Pierre Salvadori.
Reasonably entertaining but predictable.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
This delightfully spirited film is perfectly cast, and it's hard to imagine how Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia and Sandrine Kiberlain could possibly improve upon their irresistible, multifaceted portrayals.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The story itself is silly and exaggerated.
Elegantly written, well-thesped comedy is too hermetic and bittersweet to be laugh-out-loud funny, but sustains a fairly successful ratio of uncomfortable situations to amusing solutions.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Suicidal depression has rarely looked so amusing.
It's sweet, but way too silly.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Had it had the concision and symmetry of a classic French farce, Après Vous could have been an irresistible laugh machine.
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