Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Darker directions, off the beaten path.

| Aug 26, 2011

The Girl from Monaco is so briskly plotted ( ... ) that it's easy to overlook the sharp, even feminist observations made about male friendship and sexuality.

| Sep 10, 2010

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 13, 2009

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 22, 2009

... an engaging and stylish film.

| Sep 12, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 3, 2009

If you think I'm being tasteless, you should see the movie.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 24, 2009

C'est dommage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2009

The Girl from Monaco is a tease.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 24, 2009

An uncommonly shrewd and funny farce.

| Jul 24, 2009

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.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2009

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.

| Jul 24, 2009

A generally entertaining piece of fluff that's kept afloat by a weathered cast including Fabrice Luchini and Roschdy Zem.

| Jul 24, 2009

As a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2009

Despite Bourgoin's dazzling presence, it's the hollow-eyed Luchini who quietly takes over the film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 23, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 17, 2009

The postman may always ring twice, but a bodyguard doesn't even have to bother to knock.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 12, 2009

The French comedy-drama The Girl from Monaco demonstrates how an excess of libert and fraternit can be hazardous to the health, especially where there is an absence of egalit.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 10, 2009

Like its protagonist, you end up with plenty to think about, puzzle over, and forget.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2009