French Kiss

Name: French Kiss
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: May 5, 1995
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Kevin Kline, Meg Ryan

1995

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 5, 1995 | PG-13

Starring: Kevin Kline, Meg Ryan

Summary: When her fiancé finds romance with another woman during a business trip, Kate masters her fear of flying and goes to France to find him. Along the way she becomes entangled with a charming French thief who vows to help her win her honey back.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 111 min

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Mick LaSalle

Ryan's comic timing continues to delight, while Kline is touchingly heartfelt as a man doing what is evidently all too easy to do -- fall in love with Meg Ryan. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

In French Kiss--a picture that isn't unusually funny or original but that has expert actors, smooth direction and ravishing French locales--we can get pleasure from the sheer, relaxed polish of it all, the effortless swing. It's a good time passer. [5 May 1995, p.C]

Rita Kempley

The caper isn't as passionate as the title suggests—in fact, it's facile—but Ryan and Kevin Kline, as her attractive opposite, are irresistible together. Read full review

David Sterritt

Kevin Kline has some amusing moments, but Meg Ryan's acting runs out of energy, and Lawrence Kasdan's directing is too laid-back to help her out. [7 Jul 1995, p.13]

James Berardinelli

The delicate air of romance that often makes this sort of film worthwhile is absent. French Kiss does it by the numbers, not from the heart. Read full review

Scott Rosenberg

French Kiss has only a tenuous hold on reality; it is far more fully steeped in the conventions of latter-day movie romance than in the messy actualities of real-life mating. Read full review

Jay Carr

French Kiss is a French miss. It's got the settings, but it has little magic, less charm and almost no chemistry between Meg Ryan's heartsick American innocent and Kevin Kline's shady Frenchman. [5 May 1995, p.57]

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ahanova33

Jul 22, 2013

This is likely my favorite film. I love Kevin Klein as a Frenchman! (Knowing that he is not just makes his part more funny.) This was one of Meg's last great films. I just love this story! The situation that the characters are thrust into, putting them in a working relationship to accomplishThis is likely my favorite film. I love Kevin Klein as a Frenchman! (Knowing that he is not just makes his part more funny.) This was one of Meg's last great films. I just love this story! The situation that the characters are thrust into, putting them in a working relationship to accomplish common personal ends, lends to their falling in love and is very comical as well. There are some very heart-tugging moments to which I can relate, as I have married a European man, myself (when she visits his home, for instance). The Euro-American(-Canadian?) relationship is portrayed very well. They find their dream, at the last.… Expand

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cinemovies1

Feb 5, 2017

This is easily one of the best romantic comedies of the last 20 years. Ryan and Kline's chemistry is undeniable, and Kline's Frenchman accent and demeanor is flawless. The picturesque scenery and witty dialogue are just icing on the cake.

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amheretojudge

Sep 12, 2019

It is going to take way too much for them to make me decrown Meg Ryan from being the romcom queen, they did try hard.

French Kiss Lawrence Kasdan, the director's attitude towards this love story isn't palpable to what it has to say. What gave it away, is the fact that he never sculpts itIt is going to take way too much for them to make me decrown Meg Ryan from being the romcom queen, they did try hard.

French Kiss

Lawrence Kasdan, the director's attitude towards this love story isn't palpable to what it has to say. What gave it away, is the fact that he never sculpts it as a love story. There is your first loss. And like a domino game, all the other pieces fall apart like a joke. And why wouldn't they. It is a Meg Ryan movie. What were you expecting! Her version of Star Wars would be goofing around Death Star. And you'd like it. No one plays an underdog like her. She carries that same arc of finding her voice, accepting her fate and waking up from the la la land dream in every film.

And you're up for it. Watching her go through this revelation with Tom Hanks or Billy Crystal or Tom Hanks, and is still a joy. Now that I feel like I should get off from the "I Love Meg Ryan" podium, I should start stabbing at this dull film that is enlightened only by Meg Ryan's performance- last one, I promise. This odd film surprisingly gives a sweet "date night movie" feeling, considering the bigger picture. But if we dive in deep, it makes very little sense.

And I am not even looking at the flaws. In fact I would consider its one dimensional world and its dogmatic approach to its characters a big win. It feels good to meet a simple defined-in-one-line world. What's disenchanting is the transaction of the plot tracks and more importantly the genre. It claims to be one thing and then precariously jumps on other tone. And it is disillusioned in a sense that it never fools you- I know that, that is the definition. But you are always aware of the outer world, your reality, you are watching a film, French Kiss, which is clearly not worth Meg Ryan's (somehow it is always her full name) time or yours.… Expand

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