Directed by:
Pascal ChaumeilCinematography:
Thierry ArbogastComposer:
Klaus BadeltCast:
Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Héléna Noguerra, Andrew Lincoln, Audrey Lamy, Elodie Frenck, Geoffrey Bateman (more)VOD (1)
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Meet Alex (Romain Duris). He’s charming, funny, effortlessly cool, and most importantly, irresistible to women. Alex offers a professional service – to break up relationships. In just a few weeks, for a fee equivalent to his reputation, he promises to transform any husband, fiancé or boyfriend into an ex. Hideouts, phone-tapping, fake identities, a devastating smile, anything goes when it comes to fulfilling his contract. Meet Juliette (Vanessa Paradis). She’s a young, beautiful, free-spirited and independent heiress, with a passion for shopping, fine wine, and a word-perfect knowledge of Dirty Dancing. In ten days she’s due to marry the man of her dreams (Andrew Lincoln), much to her father’s disapproval. When Alex is hired to break up this seemingly perfect couple he is thrown into an action-filled race against time, taking him through the sun-drenched streets of Paris to the fast cars and high fashion of Monaco, in his own hilarious seduction “mission impossible” that risks him being caught by his ruthless personal creditors, angry exes, and Juliette herself. But worst of all, will he discover to his own cost that when it comes to love, the perfect plan doesn’t exist? (IFC Films)
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The ability of the creators of romantic comedies to prepare such a great cocktail of tasteful humor and romance that is not annoying is sometimes more admirable than that of creators of quality drama. Very pleasant. And those Monaco exteriors ... a fairy tale. In some things, the French are unbeatable.
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A pleasant romantic comedy. I didn’t like very much the main couple at first, but they managed to earn my sympathy as the minutes went by. That said, all the hype around Heartbreaker was, IMHO, very, very exaggerated. It was nice to watch once, but that I will want to think about it – let alone watch it – again, no way. 7/10
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It's hard to find an objective explanation for why this particular romance is garnering such enthusiasm. From my humble point of view, it's mainly that it has a good idea, an escapade of elegant wit and quite a skillful zigzagging between the established genre aisles. Another way to look at it is that it's a pleasure to watch a film where you say to yourself, "and now this is going to happen"... and it happens in a completely different way than you thought. 4 ½.
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It's not entirely bad for being "just" a romantic film that tries to engage on both a romantic level and a humorous one. There's also a little action to give it the right drive. I just wasn't as entertained as I would expect from a good romantic comedy.
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