Heartbreaker

[cheekyweelassie]

Really enjoyed this. Saw it at the Notting Hill Gate yesteday morning, and it was perfect Sunday morning fare.

I thought it was a modern rom-com, and it was fine to feel a bit confused and questioning about certain things. Nice to have to engage brain!

I wasn't sure about the motivation for wanting to break up the relationship, as I thought Andrew Lincoln's character was a nice man - just a bit dull. I thought it was rough that this was reason enough to ditch him at the altar.

I thought the performances were great, and I enjoyed a singalong to Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and loved the Dirty Dancing scenes too.

It didn't bother me in the slightest that the film was subtitles, and I sincerely hope that doesn't put anybody off.

9/10

[miss_indigo]

I also saw this at the Ritzy in Brixton. I loved it!
A brilliant French film that is slick, funny, romantic and at times laugh out loud...to top it off it even pa*d homage to Dirty Dancing!
What more could you ask for from a film?!
I will be p*ying to see this again!

[AYBG]

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Directed by Pascal Chaumeil
Starring: Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, Francois Damiens, Helena Noguerra

Plot: You could say Alex Lippi is a ladies'man but it is not true. Of course he has already wooed and charmed armies of women, young and less young, French and foreign. But Alex does it only on active service. Indeed he is appointed to break up undesired couplings. This time he must prevent a rich young lady from marrying an English millionaire. The girl is beautiful and the future husband a perfect match. Will he manage to accomplish this difficult mission?

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[tilly]

Just seen this at Wandsworth. I thought the film was funny and different. I want to see it again. I thought it was original and enjoyed the chemistry between the 2 main actors!

The dirty dancing bit was great! 8.5/10 from me

[andrews]

I've just seen this tonight at the Odeon, MetroCentre. The screen was fairly full and mostly female. I sat with anjirose, jmbblue and friend. I think that the group of teenage girls who were so irritating when we were at Karate Kid were there tonight (or they had sent their representatives).

I found the film tremendous fun - the French do this sort of comedy really well. All the lead characters were great - the husband and wife duo were particularly entertaining.

And some more stunning scenery - we've seen quite a lot on our travels round the world recently - Tuscany, China and now Monaco. Three more places to add to the list of places I want to visit.

9/10 from me.

[Diane65]

Just watched this at Didsbury about 70% full, I thought it was a fabulous funny film and I too loved the dirty dancing.
There was a girl who couldn't stop moaning about the film we felt sorry for her boyfriend even complaining on the way out about Vanessa Paradis being too thin I guess a touch of jealousy there! 9/10 from me.

[pcRock]

Saw this at Apollo Picadilly Circus today, which was pretty packed. I didn't think the story was that original, to be honest. Also, I didn't like that the girl dumped her fiance at the alter just because he was a bit dull. I quite liked the sister and her husband. They were really funny. 7 / 10

BTW, I got really annoyed at the start when the guy recited a poem in what he said was BRAZILIAN!!! Arghhhh!!!

[SocialFlutterBy]

lol i went to see Heartbreaker 2nite and yes its a French film but it does have English subtitles and i got to tell you guys it was a realy good film and well worth travelling in the rain haha!! a nice refreshing change from the inane british comedy films in recent years xox hope some of you got the opportunity to see the film xox

[ejwrank]

We were split on this. Daughter and I enjoyed it (especially the Dirty Dancing routine) but husband hated it and was very surprised we didn't agree. We thought it far better than most of the American rom-coms we have suffered through this year.

Thanks to 5rannoch and Beate for helping out with a spare ticket.

[Ms Thrifty]

OH and I saw this at Crawley last night - very poorly-attended, which was a shame, as I've seen better numbers at most other previews there, sometimes for pretty awful films.

We both enjoyed it and were laughing out loud at times - OH especially, which surprised me but was gratifying. I had feared it wouldn't be to his taste but afterwards he praised it so highly that at first I suspected him of sarcasm.

We both liked the married couple (OH said the husband reminded him of Richard Dreyfus - no wonder he looked familiar) and the dancing, despite not having seen Dirty Dancing.

A US remake must be on the cards but could not match this. And in the US, both stars - not that they would feature in any revamp - would surely come under pressure to have their teeth fixed!