Comme t'y es belle! (2006) Directed by Lisa Azuelos
Comedy / Romance
aka: Hey Good Looking!
Film Review
A characteristically Gallic variant on a theme that had been done to
death in such TV shows as Absolutely
Fabulous and Sex and the City,
Comme t'y es belle appears to
be hopelessly caricatured, despite the spirited contributions from its
lead performers. For her second film, director Lisa Azuelos seems
to be obsessed with how things were in the hectic nineties, when women
were (apparently) intent on having it all: career, family and
string of lovers. Had the film been made in the mid-nineties, it
might just have been funny. Today, it feels stilted and
distinctly unfunny.
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Film Synopsis
Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina are four Jewish friends who each has a
complicated love life. 40-something Isa runs a beauty salon and
has difficulty juggling her work with her children, ex-husband,
babysitter and new boyfriend. Alice appears to be the model
housewife who appears willing to put up with all of her husband's
caprices. Léa is a fashion victim who has yet to get over
a painful separation. Nina, the youngest, flaunts her youth and
beauty, but seems stuck on one man, Simon. It isn't easy
being a woman...
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