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1998 Comedy   
 
Credits
  • Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
  • Script: Bruno Dega, Jean-Paul Salomé, Jérôme Tonnerre
  • Photo: Jean-Claude Larrieu
  • Music: Alexandre Desplat
  • Cast: Emma de Caunes (Claire), Samuel Le Bihan (Mathias), Bruno Solo (Jeff), Bernard Le Coq (Jean-Michel), Estelle Larrivaz (Suzy), Judith Henry (Elvira), Hubert Koundé (Aimé), Bruno Lochet (Gwenaël), Antoinette Moya (Lyliane), Claire Nadeau (Nicole), Michel Robin (Raymond), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Emilio), Vincent Schiavelli (Gary), Debra Christofferson (Kathy), Abbes Zahmani (Max)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 101 min
 
 
 
Summary
A party of French tourists arrive in Los Angeles for the holiday of a lifetime on the West Coast of the United States.  Unfortunately, their tour guide, Mathias, has just learned that his travel company, Dream Tour, has gone bankrupt - a fact which he somehow has to keep from his customers since he has no money to reimburse them. So much for the American dream...

Review
Jean-Paul Salomé’s second full-length film is part road movie, part travelogue, benefiting from an attractive cast and an even more attractive location.  It’s a pity these pluses aren’t bolstered by a solid screenplay and more confident direction.  The situations are banal, the characters uninteresting and/or absurd, and there’s a point at which the trite dialogue, recurring clichés and lack of any substance crushes one’s interest in the film.

© James Travers 2008


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