Synopsis
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
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Cast
- Vincenzo AmatoPaolo Moretti
- Nora TschirnerGreta Kluge
- Louise MonotCécile Laurent
- Paddy ConsidineDerek
- Stéphane DebacFrancois
- Kellie ShirleyMarta
- Brice FournierClaude Chardon
- John FriedmannTony
- Armin DillenbergerGerd
- Thomas HeinzeGunther Friedman
Recommendations
- 60
The New York Times
It’s all light as a feather, with Jeremy Leven, the writer and director, landing some good multinational jokes along the way. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
With this “Girl” and her bicycle, the cute bits, rare laugh out loud moments, occasionally zippy lines and limply obvious farcical predicaments are never more than instantly forgettable. - 50
Arizona Republic
Writer and director Jeremy Leven’s film is meant to be a trifle, a status which it achieves, but it’s nothing more than that. - 40
The Dissolve
The movie’s ludicrous narrative continually forces its characters to behave like cretins, and even when Leven’s dialogue is tolerable, it can barely be heard over Craig Richey’s aggressively sprightly score. - 30
Village Voice
Girl on a Bicycle is like Micki + Maude minus the outrage, complexity, or crack timing. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
A rom-com whose agreeable individual elements aren't enough to sell the witless contrivance around which they revolve. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Jeremy Leven's attempt at old-school romantic comedy, set in a postcard-pretty tourist's vision of Paris, is more of a foolish plod than a weightless rollick. - 25
Slant Magazine
The film turns the miscommunication between cultures into an utterly lifeless romantic comedy best appreciated as a travel guide for first-time tourists to Paris.
