Green Card (1990) - film review

Although they barely know each other, Georges Fauré and Brontë Parrish agree to get married.  Both see this as just a formality to enable Georges to obtain a permit for residency in the US, a Green Card, and so that Brontë can be given tenancy of a dream apartment.  The marriage ceremony over, they go their separate ways, giving no further thought to the matter.  Then there is a problem.   They must convince government bureaucrats that they are a genuine couple.  Georges moves into Brontë’s apartment to prepare for an interview, with surprising results…

In the 1980s, Gérard Depardieu established himself as the most high-profile film actor of his generation in his native France.  It was not until 1990, with Green Card, his first American film, that he achieved the status of international celebrity.

Although made in the United States, Green Card is an atypical romantic comedy which is nearer to French comedy, and is perfectly suited to Depardieu who shines in this film.  His unlikely pairing with the prickly Andie MacDowell works remarkably well, giving one of the most inventive and improbable love stories made in recent years.

© James Travers 2006

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