Valérie Guignabodet's eagerly anticipated follow-up to her hit
comedy Mariages! (2004) delivers far
less than it promises and ultimately drowns in a sea of world-weary
clichés, whatever humour it contains being stifled by a horrible
tendency towards fatuous caricature. Yes, part of the reason for
the film's failure is the replacement of the leads Jean Dujardin and
Mathilde Seigner with the far less bankable François-Xavier
Demaison and Pascale Arbillot, but this isn't the main factor at
play. So lacking in original ideas is Guignabodet's script that
it would have been an impossibly hard sell whoever was cast in the lead
roles, and her direction is equally lacking in inspiration, with none
of the flair that made Mariages!
such an amiable romp. This is a disaster, pure and simple.
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Film Synopsis
Valentine and Alex are a happily married couple. Both are divorce
lawyers who have made a career of resolving the marital breakdowns of
others as amicably as possible. Their relationship appears as
solid as a rock, until the day a spot of marital infidelity intrudes
and smashes it to pieces. So much for an amicable
separation. This is outright war!
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