A delicious comedy-romance with a sweet-toothed twist from Gallic director Jean-Pierre Ameris ("Lightweight").
Romantics Anonymous(Les émotifs anonymes)
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France, Belgium · 2010
1h 20m
Director Jean-Pierre Améris
Starring Isabelle Carré, Benoît Poelvoorde, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
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René and Angélique have a lot in common: both are gifted chocolatiers, both are uncontrollably shy, and both suffer from hyper-emotionalism. But when René hires Angélique to save his chocolate shop, will their similarities spell disaster or is it a recipe for love?
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Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
A typically anodyne rom-com given a certain poignant piquancy by the paralyzing shyness of its romantic leads.
Charming but uneven, director Améris's film doesn't know whether to make us laugh or cry, and ends up doing neither. Still, a smart script offers plenty to keep incurable romantics happy.
It's no recipe for hilarity or pitter-pattering hearts, but like our hero's sweets, this pleasant, delicate confection goes down easy enough.
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
The word "delightful" is thrown around so much that it often means nothing. Movies that truly have the capacity to delight - that amuse and lift the spirits and create a warm feeling - are rare. Romantics Anonymous is one of those rare delights.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
Améris's recipe here calls for everything in moderation, resulting in a movie that never threatens to offend nor, particularly, to delight, though it does offer a good view on a modestly charming actors' duet.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Romantics Anonymous might vaporize if the director and the actors didn't have such easy command over the tone of this singularly Gallic fairy tale. If you added a dozen songs and brought it to the stage it would be completely at home.
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