A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Suzan Anbeh
- Juliette
- (as Susan Anbeh)
Élisabeth Commelin
- Claire
- (as Elizabeth Commelin)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKevin Kline had a professor to coach him with the French to speak it as a Frenchman. He studied French during his Jr. High/High school years and a year in college. He didn't learn to speak it until he went to Alliance Française in New York.
- GoofsTrains from Paris to Cannes do not go past the Eiffel Tower.
- Crazy creditsNear the beginning of the credits, we hear the voices of Kate and Luc. They talk, and then he sings the song "La Mer."
- SoundtracksLes Yeux de ton Père
Performed by Les Négresses Vertes
Written by Mathieu Crespin, Jean-Marie Paulus, Noel Rota, Stefane Mellino and Mathieu Paulus
Courtesy of Sire Records by arrangement with Warner Special
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Featured review
Cute film
A Francophile will probably like this film. I did. Meg Ryan plays a woman who's on the verge of marrying a Canadian, so she's denounced her American citizenship. She's also afraid of flying so she stays home while her fiance goes to Paris on business. Things take a turn for the worse when he calls, saying he's met the woman of his dreams and he's staying in France.
Frantic to get back her man, she boards a plane. Next to her sits a French thief, beautifully played by Kevin Kline, who has problems of his own, most notably how to smuggle a diamond necklace out of the country.
It's a character-driven plot that Cary Grant would have loved - two people who are seemingly so "repelled" by each other but all they need are the right elements to fall in love. I'm generally not a fan of the romantic-comedy, but the French setting sucked me in as did a supporting role played by the always excellent Jean Reno.
As for the authenticity of Kline's accent, I had a good friend from France who claimed it was "formidable." So there.
Very entertaining and worth a watch.
Want more French choices? Try "Frantic" with Harrison Ford, it's Hitchcockian; "Green Card," who can resist Depardieu?; and my all-time favorite Meg Ryan film "Addicted to Love." It's a great black comedy and it has the sizzlingly sexy Tcheky Karyo. "C'est magnifique!"
Frantic to get back her man, she boards a plane. Next to her sits a French thief, beautifully played by Kevin Kline, who has problems of his own, most notably how to smuggle a diamond necklace out of the country.
It's a character-driven plot that Cary Grant would have loved - two people who are seemingly so "repelled" by each other but all they need are the right elements to fall in love. I'm generally not a fan of the romantic-comedy, but the French setting sucked me in as did a supporting role played by the always excellent Jean Reno.
As for the authenticity of Kline's accent, I had a good friend from France who claimed it was "formidable." So there.
Very entertaining and worth a watch.
Want more French choices? Try "Frantic" with Harrison Ford, it's Hitchcockian; "Green Card," who can resist Depardieu?; and my all-time favorite Meg Ryan film "Addicted to Love." It's a great black comedy and it has the sizzlingly sexy Tcheky Karyo. "C'est magnifique!"
- bodhisattva13
- Jul 18, 2003
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Paris Match
- Filming locations
- Chateau Val Joanis, Pertuis, Vaucluse, France(grape harvest scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,896,854
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,018,022
- May 7, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $101,982,854
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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