Synopsis
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
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Cast
- Kate HudsonIsabel Walker
- Naomi WattsRoxeanne de Persand
- Glenn CloseOlivia Pace
- Marie-Christine AdamAmélie Cosset
- Thierry LhermitteEdgar Cosset
- Melvil PoupaudCharles-Henri de Persand
- Matthew ModineTellman
- Sam WaterstonChester Walker
- Stockard ChanningMargeeve Walker
- Thomas LennonRoger Walker
Recommendations
- 75
Rolling Stone
Acted with relish by a note-perfect cast -- a romantic comedy of true sophistication. There's a sting in every laugh. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
While there are too many characters in too much story for the movie to really involve us, it's amusing as a series of sketches about how the French think they are a funny race (or the Americans, take your choice). - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An almost too-sophisticated comedy, pitting the New World mentality and brash pugnaciousness of America against the staid arrogance of custom that defines the French bourgeoisie. - 63
USA Today
A tasty bonbon, initially appealing but not terribly satisfying. - 50
Charlotte Observer
Is this just silly filmmaking, or have Ivory and Jhabvala succumbed to the Francophobia that gave us "freedom fries" in the congressional cafeteria? - 50
The New York Times
A thin and unsatisfying concoction that somehow manages to make one of the richest and most durable sources of culture-clash comedy into an occasion for dullness. - 50
Portland Oregonian
Scattered and silly. If it evokes any strong feelings from you, it will probably be hunger -- the food all looks so good. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Team M-I knows its way around James and ignores the lazy stereotype of Americans as gauche rubes bumbling around Paris like barbarians at the ballet in favor of sly digs at French and American mores alike.
