Review by tjouellet

I was hoping this would be a good movie given the premise, but it was so hard to watch. To begin with, the pace of this movie is so cumbersome and awkward, and the lead is completely unlikeable (he has a terrible personality AND he's not attractive - I think I have seen the actor who plays him in one other movie with Melissa McCarthy, in which he played the role of her total a-hole, cheating husband and he barely had any lines in the movie - why would you make this actor a leading role in a ROM-COM?? Just not the right fit and bad casting.) There were a couple good actors in the movie, but they were given a cheesy, awkward script, unfortunately.

The plot line in general is cheesy and not believable. The love interest in the movie is a stunningly beautiful and charming French woman (who sadly is given terrible lines).... and it's just completely hard to believe that she would ever have any chemistry or interest in the afore-mentioned unlikeable American lead character. Honestly, the narrative of the unnatttactive white male character who has nothing to offer, ending up with the beautiful woman character is exhausting and out of touch. We've seen this "loser unattractive white male" wish fulfillment plot line for decades and it now makes no sense and is completely outdated in our current culture where women recognize their value and believe they deserve a man who actually has something to offer them (at least a good personality, or physical appeal). No, the stunning French woman would not be interested in you if you are an unemployed, unattractive, bumbling, American white male with a bad personality - just unrealistic. Have one redeeming quality at least to make the plot believeable and relevant.

Not sure why I'm even giving this 2 stars...maybe because it's set in Paris, which is pleasant to look at...the only redeeming factor.