A cartoonish telepic with would-be riveting characters that bore us with silly antics, and shallow portraits. I can enjoy the occasional slapstick scene thoroughly, but when a film (such as this one) lacks overall depth, it just becomes disengaging.
Francois Pignon (Gad Elmaleh) is a sorry valet deprived of confidence, and status. Emilie (Virginie Ledoyen), his girlfriend, is a bookstore owner who is too wrapped up in her own life to take Francois seriously. Their fathers are involved in a "reverse" doctor/patient relationship where Francois' father, Andre Pignon (Michel Jonasz), doctors the doctor (Michel Aumont) who is apparently senile, and has all of his patients give him shots, take his temperature, and whatnot. A fine example of the irreverent moments that, at times, take over this film.
Near simultaneous scenes of supermodel Elena (Alice Taglioni), and powerful Pierre Lavasseur (Daniel Auteail) having a covert date; and Francois and Emilie having a rushed lunch show that heartbreak does not discriminate, and everyone is a loser sometimes.
Then, of course, the gimmick that the whole plot is based around is put into motion, and Pierre finds himself in a bad situation when his uberwealthy wife, Christine Lavasseur (Kristin Scott Thomas), sees photos of Pierre, and Elena together. Christine begins questioning him, and spying on him, but never shows any signs of remorse. This is odd considering she seemed quite happy with her marriage prior to this finding.
And the manipulation begins! But too bad all of it lacks creativity, and just leaves us craving some sort of unexpected plot twist, or character arc. None of that happens, just a series of predictable events follow that may only make one compelled to force a chuckle just to go through the motions.
Directed and written by Francis Veber.
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