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The Girl from Monaco
Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    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.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    75
    This is a modest but expertly performed piece. And this summer, surrounded by lesser, louder, bigger and dumber diversions, it's especially welcome.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    A notable, worthwhile picture.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Bernard Besserglik
    70
    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.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    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.
  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    63
    At best diverting, at worst an almost self-parodic compendium of French film cliches.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    63
    A broad comedy and sometimes charming character study that takes a strange turn in tone and becomes a disappointing drama.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    60
    A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    58
    Isn't slow-paced. It's slick and audience-friendly.
  10. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    58
    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.
  11. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    May be momentarily entertaining, but don't expect anything profound from the lightweight saga.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Joel Brown
    50
    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.
  13. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    50
    Accepting the final twist of The Girl From Monaco depends on whether you're in the mood.
  14. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jessica Baxter
    50
    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.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    50
    The modest pleasure of the film issues chiefly from the performances.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    50
    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.
  17. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    40
    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.
  18. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    40
    Fabrice Luchini is thwarted by an unwieldy plot.
  19. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    30
    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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