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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Starring: Albert Dupontel, Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier
  • Summary: This film centers around Jessica (de France), a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on famed Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. (ThinkFilm)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    83
    While this sort of thing can easily devolve into bourgeois comfort food, Thompson, a veteran of the genre, knows how to serve it up just about right.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    Aside from pretty people behaving cutely, there's just not much here, and even devoted Francophiles may nod into their cafe crèmes.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    38
    A lightweight French comedy worth watching only for Cecile de France. The gamine actress - decked out in short reddish hair, black tights and a thigh-high mini - is charming as Jessica.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. HeatherP.
    10
    Endearing, intelligent, beautiful, Joyful, and the soundtract is superb
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. OlegM.
    4
    The only good thing about this so called movie was that I was watching it with my french-speaking girlfriend. Guys: avoid this tepid attempt at comedy/romance. It is not visual, it is not funny, you will not find anyone to emphasize with, and the fact that both sun and father shared a lover is only irritating as it adds nothing to the story. What a bummer.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Enrique
    3
    A less than mediocre 'feel-good' French export. Thompson--its writer director also responsible for "Jet Lag"-should make TV commercials instead. C. De France is not only a bad actress: she is absolutely intolerable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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