Folle d’elle (1998)

Folle d’elle is a French comedy romance film first released in 1998, directed by Jérôme Cornuau.  The film stars Ophélie Winter, Jean-Marc Barr, Raquel Welch, Philippe Duquesne and Frédéric Bouraly.  It has also been released under the title: What I Did for Love.  Our overall rating for this film is: very poor.


Whilst staying in Los Angeles, freelance photographer Marc needs a place to stay, so he moves in with his friends, a gay couple, Alex and Victor.  The arrangement quickly turns sour, so Victor contrives a scheme whereby Marc can move into his friend Lisa’s apartment.  Lisa has just broken up with her husband and so has no time for straight men at the moment, but she enjoys the company of gay men.  Marc needs a room so badly that he is prepared to pretend to be gay...

Whilst there are some amusing moments in the film, the derivative nature of its plot, with its crass stereotypical representation of career women and gay men, renders it largely tedious and insulting.  The lack of originality in the plot is matched only by the dire script and uninspired direction.  Only the ebullient comic performances from Ophélie Winter and Jean-Marc Barr prevents the whole thing from being a total fiasco.

© James Travers 2000

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