bijan-matin

The movie is adapted from a French play and similarly to the play aims at getting very important messages across while making you laugh. I believe it reaches its goal very well. People expecting a simple comedy will be disappointed as the stories might get your eyes teary in some parts as it actually threads very serious subjects. The cast is very talented, the comedy and drama well balanced. I believe that if you watch it without preconceived expectations you will be pleasantry surprised by the range of emotions it will carry you through. We spend so much of the time worrying about our problems and issues that we are blind and sometimes insensitive to what others are going through, whereas sometimes even our own problems can be alleviated while we concentrate on being kind to others...

This is not a typical slow moving French movie, although there is nothing wrong with those when they are good,it is relatively paced and full of comedy overtones and witty dialogs. Sophie is beautiful and charming as ever so I definitely recommend it to her fans. She delivers a solid performance with a nice supporting cast although maybe the characters are a bit clichés...alright, alright very clichés...

However, clichés are clichés for a reason and they convey loud and clear messages as intended to all public. The movie and its story remain quite original and combine wit, imagination and a lot more depth than the characters do. Although it is mostly a comedy it has the right scenes to create a roller-coaster in the emotions and manages to get some tears in the audience's eye in the proper moments.

What I liked most of all in the movie is its ability to push you to rethink your life and the way you live it. It forces you to reconsider if you have been paying the right amount of attention to the deserving people in your life, if you have settled from your ambitions, if you have sold out or stayed true to yourself. It also refrains from making harsh judgments and lets you ponder on your own, does not make the call for you. The world needs all kinds of people to go around...

Overall it is a good movie that manages to entertain and get you thinking about your existence as it intends to do. I recommend this to people who feel they might still be searching for themselves or are having second thoughts about their important decisions.