The tone veers capriciously from sophisticated comedy to broad farce and melodrama, with too many digressions for it to be more than fitfully amusing.

| Jan 11, 2018

Not a frothy romantic comedy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 25, 2010

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Quite le drag.

Full Review | Aug 29, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 27, 2003

It is a well-dressed film filled with thought and sly observations.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 22, 2003

It pokes along like a Renault on an interstate, lacking drama or momentum.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 21, 2003

It's all perfectly pleasant, but the movie lacks an urgent dramatic pulse, or a clear sense of whose story it's supposed to be, or even, from scene to scene, whether it's meant to be a comedy, drama or thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Aug 20, 2003

Veers erratically between sugar-coated romance, broad farce, and risible melodrama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2003

A delightful blend of American sensibility and French chaos in a movie that is sunny, surprising and consistently entertaining.

| Aug 15, 2003

The film comes up short on insight into its characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2003

A charming, always-engaging comedy of manners.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 15, 2003

For all that talent, and the lovely source material, there is something plodding about this comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 15, 2003

Mostly Le Mediocre.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2003

A nice return to form for Ivory and company.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 12, 2003

... a flat comedy/melodrama combo filled with stereotypes about snooty French and gauche Americans.

Full Review | Aug 11, 2003

Features a number of very good performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 8, 2003

A relaxed delight, a series of delicately tongue-in- cheek musings about the clash between American and French cultures.

Full Review | Aug 8, 2003

Should have been a smart bit of cinematic froth but instead sinks like an overworked souffle.

| Aug 8, 2003

The nuances of French and American cultural differences feel as imperviously old-hat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2003