Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends.
Julie Delpy's semi-autobiographical romcom benefits enormously from her own performance and Adam Goldberg's neurotic energy, creating genuine chemistry and sharp comedic timing. The cultural-clash humor is observant and witty, though the plot itself is fairly familiar relationship-in-crisis territory. Cinematography is functional Parisian backdrop work — pleasant but unremarkable. Novelty gets a modest bump for Delpy's distinctive directorial voice blending French candor with American anxiety, though it clearly owes debts to Woody Allen and the Before trilogy. The ending is honest and bittersweet without being particularly surprising.