Strictly for the drive-in crowd

Rating: 2/10 (23 July 2008)

The clothes and settings are very good. And that's about it. Most of the characters don't look French, but clearly Anglo-Saxon, particularly in the way they move. The sound track is awful, with the modern tunes destroying any hope of losing yourself in the movie. I suppose that was considered "cute" or "cutting edge" by the director, but the result is a total sense of disbelief in the spectator.
In general, boring and pretentious. The fact that it got one or two Oscars (not sure and could not be bothered to check) confirms how bad it is, Oscars being in general the kiss of death.
Could be OK to watch with the sound turned off since, as I said at the beginning, it IS visually appealing.
Am sure it'll do well in the drive-in circuit, if any drive-ins still exist.