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- 2004
- PG-13
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 34 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 34 m
Summary When their mother dies, two brothers (Arquette, Nelson) go on a "romance tour" of Russia to meet prospective brides.
Directed By: Helmut Schleppi
Written By: Geert Heetebrij
- 2004
- PG-13
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 34 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 34 m
A Foreign Affair
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Summary When their mother dies, two brothers (Arquette, Nelson) go on a "romance tour" of Russia to meet prospective brides.
Directed By: Helmut Schleppi
Written By: Geert Heetebrij
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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2 Reviews
71% Mixed
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I can imagine it as a sex comedy, as a romance, as a bittersweet exploration of lonely people. Schleppi has a little of all three elements at work here, but it's Tim Blake Nelson's character who keeps the plot from spinning out of control.
A Foreign Affair's flaws make it even more of an enigma, as graceless as it is endearing.
An odd concoction: an English-language movie made by Dutch filmmakers working with an American cast on location in Russia and Mexico. That strangeness, combined with sharp casting and affectionate performances, is a big part of "Affair's" charm.
For nothing but pure goofy escapism, A Foreign Affair is at least worth a fling.
Neither funny enough to be a comedy nor serious enough to pass for drama, and it ambles along aimlessly before grinding to an unconvincing halt.
The photography is clear and colorful, the acting just fine, and the pace steady. However, the wan script by Geert Heetebrij imbues the brothers with so little personality that their respective transformations -- pack no emotional punch.
There are a few witty touches (POV shots given to the urn holding the mother's ashes) but the mood swings erratically and ineffectively from deadpan drollery to heartfelt romance.
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