French Kiss

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Year:	1995
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Rating:	7.5 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	6 Have Seen


Director	Lawrence Kasdan
Selected Cast	Meg Ryan as Kate
	Kevin Kline as Luc
	Timothy Hutton as Charlie
	Jean Reno as Jean-Paul
Producer	Tim Bevan
	Eric Fellner
	Meg Ryan
	Kathryn F. Galan
Writer	Adam Brooks
Soundtrack	James Newton Howard

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French Kiss - 20th Century Fox - USA (1999)

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Magic Marmalade 16th Mar 2022		Rated 7/10 Continuing in the fine tradition of romantic comedies established by the great Nora Ephron... *almost*. ...But not quite. By rights, this should sit happily alongside When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle, and You've Got Mail, in that it is the same kind of movie... The same feel, look, humour, and plot theme, and it almost is worthy of the distinction, but it has a somewhat almost fatal flaw (which actually ought to have been the that which sealed the deal: Meg Ryan. Odd to think of it really, being that Meg is the reason, and the heart of why those other great movies have won a place in everybody's hearts, but here she really is too much on occasion, so as to be off-putting. But I don't think she is to blame, so much as perhaps the director, who wanted an overly hammy, over-acted performance from her, thinking that's what she did in those others (and why it was a no brainer to cast her in this), after all, she gets it spot on in all of those,so why should she suddenly decide to go overboard here? I think the essential reason is the absence of Nora Ephron herself here... Nora had a subtlety and nuanced power of astute observation, and knew how to get the best out of Meg Ryan and all who worked with her on her films, that was just bang on... funny, charming, witty, and with a very lightly handled intelligent humour. Most of which is here... they have the story, the great lead actor in Kevin Kline, and the whole set-up is there to be knocked out of the park (again), but, as I say, it seems the director over eggs it, asking Meg to give frequent moments over-doing it that would probably make Nicholas Cage blush! In a word, she's obnoxious, and really annoying... the more so because it's not all the time, rather she gives her usual high standard (what you'd expect) through most of the movie, but this only serves to highlight the extreme nuttiness of those over the top moments. The story is a good premise: Meg's character is looking to settle down to a new life in Canada with non-committal fiancé Timothy Hutton, who wants to go travelling to Europe and live a little (more), but Meg is afraid of flying, and so stays behind... ...But upon receiving a phone call from him from France, that he has somehow, suddenly been struck by lightning and fallen in love with a new woman, Meg decides to overcome her fear, board an airplane, and go win her man back. It all goes wobbly for her from there on, after meeting a scoundrel type French man on the plane, who is up to no good it seems, she gets stuck in France with only him to help (not altruistically) her find her way around, and hopefully find her missing Fiancé and get him back. Of course, unspoken romantic tension begins to blossom between Meg and Kev in the time honoured rom-com tradition, and it's an otherwise engaging, charming film shot around Paris and the French countryside, and Kevin Kline gives a great comedic performance in a somewhat broad stereotypical role, ably supported by Jean Reno (always great). But those "Mega-Meg" moments... damn woman.... dial it down a bit! Very jarring in the first watch (or two), but I've found that a few watches irons it out a bit :) In the round, quite easily worthy of being considered as something to watch after those more masterfully made movies, and if not for those "Acting" showcases, might have been an 8 or even a 9 out 10, but loses a couple of points because of it for me. I feel Meg Ryan was done a bit of a dis-service here by whoever told her to "go-for-it!" in these scenes. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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