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Girl from Monaco, The

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Girl from Monaco, The reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Benoit Graffin

Directed by: Anne Fontaine

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 3, 2009
DVD: December 15, 2009

Running Time: 95 minutes, Color

Origin: France

Language(s): French

Summary

RATING: R for some sexual content and language

Starring Louise Bourgouin, Fabrice Luchini, and Roschdy Zem

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil, who turns him into a complete wreck. Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything back in order... Or will he? (Magnolia Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Casting can be the reason that one movie works and another doesn't. It is the first reason for the success of The Girl From Monaco, the kind of romantic comedy with a twist that used to star Jack Lemmon.

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75

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

This is a modest but expertly performed piece. And this summer, surrounded by lesser, louder, bigger and dumber diversions, it's especially welcome.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

A notable, worthwhile picture.

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70

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

The murder trial and the possibility of a real attack on the attorney nicely offset the sexual gamesmanship, though the movie is badly compromised by a final left turn into serious drama and plot machination. Up until that point, it's an uncommonly shrewd and funny farce.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Bernard Besserglik

With its echoes of the Nicole Kidman vehicle "To Die For" -- the blonde in question is a television weather-reporter with big ambitions -- the film will appeal to movie-goers who appreciate story, character and crisp dialogue.

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63

USA Today Claudia Puig

A broad comedy and sometimes charming character study that takes a strange turn in tone and becomes a disappointing drama.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

At best diverting, at worst an almost self-parodic compendium of French film cliches.

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60

Variety Derek Elley

A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.

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58

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Sometimes a film is best utilized as a travelogue. Such is the case with the comedy-drama The Girl From Monaco, which isn't much of a movie but offers scrumptious views.

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58

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Isn't slow-paced. It’s slick and audience-friendly.

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50

Film Threat Jessica Baxter

Party buddy-comedy, part romantic tragedy. If it had been more of the former than the latter, perhaps I would have liked it. But I am so tired or stories about men who are powerless against the wiles of a Succubus.

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50

The New York Times A.O. Scott

If in the end the film is neither a cogent psychological thriller nor an effervescent sex comedy, it does at least have an interesting sense of place.

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50

New York Post V.A. Musetto

May be momentarily entertaining, but don't expect anything profound from the lightweight saga.

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50

Village Voice Scott Foundas

The modest pleasure of the film issues chiefly from the performances.

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50

Boston Globe Joel Brown

Doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be a sprightly sex comedy or an enigmatic little thriller. Unfortunately, it's neither very funny nor very thrilling.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter

Accepting the final twist of The Girl From Monaco depends on whether you're in the mood.

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40

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Fabrice Luchini is thwarted by an unwieldy plot.

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40

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Equal parts French sex farce, Mai-Decembre romance, middle-aged white male fantasy, and wannabe Hitchcockian intrigue, Fontaine's film can be a chore to sit through, but not for any of the obvious reasons.

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30

Washington Post John Anderson

Zem and Bourgoin are great, but the movie is too frivolous to win anything but a dismissal in the court of moviegoer opinion.

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