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Girl From Monaco, The (2009) Rank 2 Reviews
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Christian Science Monitor
Sometimes a film is best utilized as a travelogue. Such is the case with the comedy-drama "The Girl From Monaco," which isn't much of a movie but offers scrumptious views. Watching this movie makes you feel rich and sun-kissed and slightly decadent. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Christian Science Monitor
The Onion A.V. Club
More than anything, The Girl From Monaco feels like an excuse to put Bourgoin in a skimpy white sundress then send her off in the pouring rain, riding off on a motor scooter. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
filmcritic.com
Fontaine, who co-wrote the script with Benoit Graffin, depends too heavily on structure for Monaco to really ensnare and is devoted so deeply to the humor and psychology of her May-December affair that she short-circuits the film's rushing erotic undercu ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at filmcritic.com
Washington Post
Zem and Bourgoin are great, but the movie is too frivolous to win anything but a dismissal in the court of moviegoer opinion. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Washington Post
Boston Globe (Joel Brown)
The New York Times
If in the end the film is neither a cogent psychological thriller nor an effervescent sex comedy, it does at least have an interesting sense of place. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at The New York Times
New York Post
"The Girl From Monaco" may be momentarily entertaining, but don't expect anything profound from the lightweight saga, written and directed by Anne Fontaine, as it wends its way to its contrived, TV-movie conclusion. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at New York Post
Boston Globe
The French still make sexy, enigmatic thrillers - "Swimming Pool" comes to mind - as well as charming, offbeat comedies. "The Girl From Monaco" tries to blend the two and ends up being, well, disappointing. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Boston Globe
Film-Forward.com
If a man had directed The Girl from Monaco, this erstwhile comedy would be labeled misogynistic-a charge that would stick. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Film-Forward.com
One Guy's Opinion
The acting is okay-Luchini does his standard smug routine, Zem is persuasively stoic, and while Bourgoin is hardly on the Meryl Streep level, her gorgeousness covers a multitude of thespian sins-and the locales are lovely, well captured in widescreen by c ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at One Guy's Opinion
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Like its protagonist, you end up with plenty to think about, puzzle over, and forget. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Slant Magazine
Girl from Monaco does ultimately spill some resolution, but the forced, momentary ramp-up from nothing to violent retribution that's required is laughably unsupported and exposes the entire film's enormous imbalance. ...read the complete Girl From Monaco movie review at Slant Magazine
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