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Girl from Monaco, The

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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama
Written by: Benoit Graffin
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 3, 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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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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
A broad comedy and sometimes charming character study that takes a strange turn in tone and becomes a disappointing drama.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
At best diverting, at worst an almost self-parodic compendium of French film cliches.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
Isn't slow-paced. It’s slick and audience-friendly.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
May be momentarily entertaining, but don't expect anything profound from the lightweight saga.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Scott Foundas
The modest pleasure of the film issues chiefly from the performances.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
Accepting the final twist of The Girl From Monaco depends on whether you're in the mood.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Fabrice Luchini is thwarted by an unwieldy plot.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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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