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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:23
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Undeniably slight, this satiric thriller suffers from an uneven tone and a relative lack of thrills, but solid performances from the cast help keep it afloat.
Synopsis: A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns... [More]
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin, Stéphane Audran
Director: Anne Fontaine
When, far too late in the day for us to care, they enter Hitchcock territory, the plot shift gives you the cinematic equivalent of whiplash and leaves you holding your head, wondering how on earth it happened and really rather wishing it hadn't.
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... an engaging and stylish film.
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Fontaine can't seem to decide whether she's making a dry sex farce or a slow-burn thriller, and the movie never really commits to either.
If you think I'm being tasteless, you should see the movie.
C'est dommage.
The Girl from Monaco is a tease.
An uncommonly shrewd and funny farce.
Luchini's trademark mannerisms, which in some films can be irritating, are here perfectly judged and appropriate. Zem confirms his growing stature as a boxoffice attraction, [and] Bourgoin does well to keep her character from veering into caricature.
Luchini, who could read the phone directory and make it sound exciting, has completely nailed the soft-skinned, flabby, middle-aged lawyer who hides his hang-ups behind a barrage of verbiage.
A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.
Top CriticAs a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark.
Despite Bourgoin's dazzling presence, it's the hollow-eyed Luchini who quietly takes over the film.
The film doesn't add up to much in the end, but if you like leggy, flirty blondes, dark, brooding tough-guy bodyguards and fussy middle-aged lawyers, it's entertaining.
The postman may always ring twice, but a bodyguard doesn't even have to bother to knock.
The French comedy-drama The Girl from Monaco demonstrates how an excess of liberté and fraternité can be hazardous to the health, especially where there is an absence of egalité.
Like its protagonist, you end up with plenty to think about, puzzle over, and forget.
It's not at all as disposable as it seems at first glance.
Luchini and Zern develop a nice rapport in their scenes together that helps to keep the whole enterprise afloat and Bourgoin is enough of a looker to explain why both would become so infatuated with her.
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