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This charming, erotic and hyper-realistic film about holiday romances would make the perfect antidote for anyone who's accidentally watched. Nancy Meyers' "The Holiday", which is most of us as it's on UK TV every night. Three gorgeous, older French women shack up with three French boys without any "meet cutes" or significant complications with exes. The intimacy coordinator - if they have them in France - must have been kept busy. Some safeguarding issues are handled with wit and aplomb, and there's no date rape, just a joke about it in the worst possible taste. And there's a pelican! Well worth watching although the English subtitles don't do the sassy French dialogue justice.

I'm surprised to see such dreadful reviews for this movie- I actually quite enjoyed it. Yes it lacks any real depth or intricacy but it is wholly enjoyable, pleasantly titillating and the relationships that develop are actually quite interesting. If this was American it would probably be unwatchable but the French are often able to elevate a movie by charm alone.

Don't expect anything too deep here. Full of lovely French beach life, and formulaic plot twists. Best thing I can say, is it wasn't a complete waste of time, since we got to practice our French comprehension.

It's a hot & humid summer here in Chicago which is typically the ripest romantic season but as we're still in the middle of this pandemic it hasn't felt quite as it should so I personally appreciated the softcore steamy escape to the south of France. I found empowering women themes played out, challenges to double standards, & some funny jabs at adult websites leading to underwhelming "sleepy time". HAH. I'd say a fun flick for a girls (or guys) night or solo wine & Netflix sesh. I'm a 30yo female. I noticed all the acclaimed critics almost all male... lame! They didn't get it?!

The movie does not open in a promising way, however in hindsight it ends up making pretty much sense. Sex scenes are not sexy, with not forced nudity. Some dialogues might be a little misogynistic but then they try to put a kind of male into perspective. Overall a decent one time watch.