Embarrassing Male Fantasy
While men may mock "chick flicks" for their ridiculous romantic plots, Under the Eiffel Tower gives them a run for their money in its sheer grandiose gender-based delusion.
A middle-aged bourbon salesman with a drinking problem is fired (and I'm really thinking it's the drinking problem, not his "lack of passion") and absurdly proposes to his age-appropriate friends' daughter, who is only 26, on a trip to France where they were kind enough to host him in his hour of desperation. That was literally the only funny part of the movie, they treat his predatory sexist buffoonery with the contempt and disgust it deserves, and exclude him from the rest of their family tour.
At this point he meets up with a handsome Scottish football player, who is also aging out of his career, and they become drinking buddies. Harmless enough. The slightly younger but still 40-something Scotsman encourages the main character to just enjoy the rest of his trip to France without his friends - joining him instead on a bargain meandering tour of the countryside. All of this is fine, too.
However, the remainder of the film entirely hinges on them stalking and harassing a beautiful French vineyard-owner who just happens to be lonely and sexually frustrated, instead of running screaming away from both of them. It's ludicrous. I just kept thinking, when does she call the cops?
A middle-aged bourbon salesman with a drinking problem is fired (and I'm really thinking it's the drinking problem, not his "lack of passion") and absurdly proposes to his age-appropriate friends' daughter, who is only 26, on a trip to France where they were kind enough to host him in his hour of desperation. That was literally the only funny part of the movie, they treat his predatory sexist buffoonery with the contempt and disgust it deserves, and exclude him from the rest of their family tour.
At this point he meets up with a handsome Scottish football player, who is also aging out of his career, and they become drinking buddies. Harmless enough. The slightly younger but still 40-something Scotsman encourages the main character to just enjoy the rest of his trip to France without his friends - joining him instead on a bargain meandering tour of the countryside. All of this is fine, too.
However, the remainder of the film entirely hinges on them stalking and harassing a beautiful French vineyard-owner who just happens to be lonely and sexually frustrated, instead of running screaming away from both of them. It's ludicrous. I just kept thinking, when does she call the cops?
- thalassafischer
- Mar 2, 2024