Avenue Montaigne (2007)
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:68
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: A cute and bubbly French comedy that carries no deeper lessons or agendas than to have a little fun for 90 minutes.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $1,933,592
Synopsis: The charming Cecile de France sizzles as a waitress with a dream in the French romantic comedy AVENUE MONTAIGNE. Directed by Danièle Thompson (JET LAG) and written by Thompson and her son,... [More]
Starring: Cecile de France, Claude Brasseur, Valerie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel
Director: Daniele Thompson
Reviews for Avenue Montaigne
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Daniele and Christopher Thomson's marvellously crafted script brings all the characters to life as they struggle to shake the worlds in which they live Full Review |
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6/10 |
Life and Art come together in Avenue Montaigne, a charming and accessible French export. Not too fluffy, not too deep %u2014 just right. Full Review |
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B |
A light, frothy, intoxicating romantic comedy. Full Review |
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Filled with sentimentality, pretensions, unfulfilled ambitions and a host of dull characters faced with life threatening problems that verge on the ludicrous. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Una comedia simpática y pintoresca, si bien peca de algo de ingenuidad, cierta superficialidad dramática y una indefinición de tono que le quitan interés y credibilidad. Full Review |
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3/5 |
a frothy confection that, much like its characters, often seems at odds with its own ambitions. Full Review |
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2/4 |
There are French movies that are clearly made with a French audience in mind, and there are other French movies that have a non-French audience in mind. Daniele Thompson's "Avenue Montaigne" seems to be aimed at a third, highly-specialized audience; peopl Full Review |
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B |
While AVENUE MONTAIGNE is something of a trifle (which makes it easy to understand why it did not garner an Oscar nomination when there were far more deserving features), it still is a pleasant and enjoyable movie. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Something like 'Love Actually,' in Gallic. Full Review |
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3/4 |
This is one of the wonders of Paris, I imagine, or at least of being rich in Paris: Even your misery plays like a fairy tale. In Avenue Montaigne, miserable souls are as common as raindrops, and each one is a portrait of privileged existentialism. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
You know where to find "Avenue Montaigne." It's in Paris, near the intersection of Sappy Circle and Derivative Drive. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
A film that seeks to amble it way towards resolution and which offers a few insights and smiles along the way. Full Review |
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8/10 |
A warm-hearted French confection, the sort of breezy, lightly sophisticated boulevard comedy that was once plentiful in Gallic cinema, and makes a happy comeback here. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Even if this fine French meal isn't as rich or feels a little less than it might have been, it's still delightful to sit through, course after winning course. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Outside of some lovely encounters between Jessica and her beloved grandmother, the film seems mostly obvious and two-dimensional. And with subtitles. Full Review |
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