A romantic-comedy that packs charm, humour and warmth in spades.
Heartbreaker(L'arnacoeur)
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France, Monaco · 2010
1h 45m
Director Pascal Chaumeil
Starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens
Genre Romance, Comedy
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Alex is a professional heartbreaker: hire him, and he'll seduce any unhappy woman into falling in love with him (and out of love with her current partner) before disappearing. But when a wealthy businessman asks him to break off his daughter's wedding in 10 days, he realizes he might be outmatched after meeting the bride, the first woman able to resist his charm.
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Heartbreaker, which begins as a Hollywood-style caper and turns into a romantic comedy, is no more than a luxurious trifle. But it is also enjoyable for the vast difference in temperament between its two stars.
Combining the glamour of "To Catch a Thief" with the ruckus of a Ben Stiller movie, TV vet Pascal Chaumeil's French Riviera-set intrigue stars Romain Duris.
Here's a film that definitely wants to play Hollywood dress-up.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Slick entertainment is rarely as, yes, slickly entertaining as it is in Heartbreaker, a French romantic farce that is commercial cinema at its most successful.
Village Voice by Melissa Anderson
There's trouble in Paradis-and in a script that prizes frenzy over any actual feeling.
Heartbreaker relies far too heavily on the charm and attractiveness of romantic leads whose chemistry is lukewarm at best to sell a groaning collection of rom-com clichés.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Heartbreaker is like a caper comedy meets "The Bodyguard" - it's winsome and accomplished fluff.
Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek
American romantic comedies have become so dismal over the past 20 years that it wouldn't be hard for even the Romanian film industry to show us up. I'm still waiting for the great Romanian romantic comedy (and hey, it could be out there), but for now, France saves the day with Heartbreaker.
Boxoffice Magazine by Wade Major
A whipsmart twist on a particular kind of romantic comedy.
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