AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

starmelt1 It was about what I expected. Worth seeing. A tad slow in spots but the acting held my interest and overall this was a colorful film. A mostly endearing captivating flick. Notable on screen chemistry between Jonathan Zaccaï and Marion Cotillard. This was my first time seeing Julie Depardieu and I could watch her over and over, delightful actress. This was a first time viewing a movie with this director and I will make a point to find more. It did seem like cinematography talent was wasted and segued into a bit of sand by the creative directive. The ending held full potential to make or break the movie and had a full hand to tip it over into the next quality zone. I feel the placard animation added some crunchy flavor but at the ending was like drawing a deuce instead of an Ace and, and ended in a perfect fold of a cohesive tie -in ending. That left me frustrated, confused, and angry in a non thought provoking manner. However it did spurn me to create a user ID to IDMDB and write my first review.

donwc1996 What is it about French films? It seems that every French film I have seen grabs me immediately and keeps my attention throughout the entire movie. There is some magical thing that the French do in their films and I'm at a loss to understand what it is, but this movie does exactly the same thing. It truly is magic. The story is slight and a bit silly but the movie is so romantic and the cast so perfect who cares? I've always been in love with French women who I think are the sexiest on the planet and found French men to be creepy. But not here. The male leads are outstanding and keep up with the women very easily. But let's face it French films are known for their fantastic women and this film continues that idea delightfully. But the two men the two female leads end up with definitely keep your heart pumping and when love wins out in the end there isn't a dry eye in the house.

MartinHafer This is a film that suffers from not knowing who its audience is. I would think the film would not appeal to women, as this is not a "happy ever after" film--or at least it's not that way for everyone. Plus it's hard to relate to such flawed characters. If you're a guy, you probably will have little respect for the two female leads, as they seem hopelessly unwilling to be loved.The film is about two sisters who don't look alike and their love lives appear very different, but down deep they are both horribly screwed up and unable to love. Lena has a live-in boyfriend but is very emotionally constricted and cold. She builds walls around herself in a figurative sense. When she finally tries to pull down the walls, she is very selfish and hurts the boyfriend with little regard to his feelings. Nice lady. Ariane simply has no self-esteem---none. Her steady boyfriend won't commit emotionally. Heck, after dating two years, he won't even refer to her as his girlfriend. and only calls her when he wants her around--otherwise, he's always aloof and self-involved. Yet, despite this, she's very, very dependent and needy. Her job is writing bad romantic stories for a magazine and she retreats into the fantasy world instead of facing up to the fact that her lover is a jerk. It's a shame, too, as these fantasy interludes in the movie could have been really entertaining--too bad they are so short and seem almost irrelevant most times you see them.Ultimately the viewer is left hating or at least being annoyed with both ladies and this leads to the problem with the film. If you don't care about the ladies or actively dislike them, why would you ever think about recommending this film to a friend or keep watching it? My advice...don't. This film is a truly cynical look at what they say is love, though little of what I saw appeared loving or interesting.Decent acting can't undo a cold and unlikable script.

rcashdan The movie is based on an usual triangle or maybe an unusual polygon if the male characters are included in the count. It is a straightforward telling of what happens in the life of two sisters in their late twenties more or less except... and the except is that along with real life, we see the fantasied versions of events as the older sister, a romance writer, imagines them. The use of a stage set background for the fantasies sets them apart from the real events in the sisters' lives.Although technically, the movie is very straightforward, the use of music -- the younger sister is a cellist -- heightens almost every scene. A male violin soloist becomes part of the younger sister's real and imagined life (her fantasies are not made visible) and in fact knowing him changes her life in a way she doesn't expect. I keep thinking about the paradoxical but plausible view of her situation. Maybe the older sister's destiny is less plausible but, hey, the movie is billed as a comedy.