Modern Love (2008)
Alexandra Lamy, Stéphane Rousseau, Berenice Bejo, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Clotilde Courau
Love is in the air but not everyone is breathing easy in this romantic comedy with music from director Stephane Kazandjian. Eric Mericourt (Pierre Francois Martin-Laval) is a filmmaker who is given to wide mood swings and has trouble holding on to long-term relationships. Lately things are going wel... (read more) Love is in the air but not everyone is breathing easy in this romantic comedy with music from director Stephane Kazandjian. Eric Mericourt (Pierre Francois Martin-Laval) is a filmmaker who is given to wide mood swings and has trouble holding on to long-term relationships. Lately things are going well for him -- his latest movie, a musical called Modern Love, is doing great business, and he's involved with a beautiful and caring woman, Anne (Melanie Bernier). But Eric is still haunted by his busted romance with Marie (Clotilde Courau), who left him three years before on New Year's Eve. One day, Eric bumps into Marie, who apologizes for leaving him and suggests they get together to catch up. To Eric surprise, Marie informs him that she and her current beau want to have a baby, but he's been diagnosed with a low sperm count and Marie asks Eric if he'd be willing to help her conceive a child. Meanwhile, lovelorn Elsa (Berenice Bejo) wants nothing more than to settle down with the right man, but hasn't had much luck finding him. Elsa is convinced she's discovered the guy of her dreams when she meets Jerome (Stephane Debac), who is good looking, personable and financially secure, but she's can't seem to interest him in getting serious and she wonders if he's actually attracted to women. Modern Love also stars Alexandra Lamy and Stephane Rousseau as the stars of Eric's movie, who appear in several song-and-dance numbers from the film.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed by:
Stéphane Kazandjian
Release Date: Mar 12, 2008
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ah oui! des histoires d'amour qui se croisent, qui sortent des grands classiques et qui ne sentent pas le mievre, quelle bonne idee! rajouter a cela des acteurs franchement bons et ca donne modern love, a apprecier pleinement.
Un petit film sympathique. La France tente la comédie romantique mais pour le moment, ça ne remplace pas une bonne compédie américaine. La comédie musicale à l'intérieur ajoute une touche d'originalité. Bien, regardable mais inoubliable...
It was alright. Some parts were good, the ending wasn't predictable as other romantic comedies than be, but ya the singing was pretty chessy!
un grand bouquet de cliches banales...du kitsch presque charmant parisien.... avec une Berenice Bejo qui fait craquer tous les hommes de la terre....(nooooo, chuis pas jalouse...envieuse pt etre ;-)
Those kind of French movie lots of talking but the good thing is it always brings you somewhere. It was alright.
A refreshing romantic comedy. The cheesy singing and the atypical ending won me over. Une surprise agréable!
Cleverly naughty, and very cheeky. It would be very unfair to go in expecting a typical musical. Think more of avenue Q's "not-so-politcally-correct" wrapped under a layer of "love actually" fluff.
Un film gentillet, qui masque le déjà -vu par un habile effet de montage parallèle, donnant au film un aspect décalé. Mention spéciale à Bérénice Béjo et PEF.
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