29 June 2009

Review: Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants / ...And They Lived Happily Ever After (2004)

Does romance end with marriage and children? Three friends, Vincent (Yvan Attal), Georges (Alain Chabat) and Fred (Alain Cohen) ponder the issues. Fred is single and has no problems picking up women, much to the envy of his friends, who are both married. Georges and Nathalie (Emmanuelle Seigner) bicker constantly, while Vincent and Gabrielle (Charlotte Gainsbourg) are drifting apart.

In Yvan Attal's second film about relationships, the characters are recognizably middle-class and a mid-life stage, and it is easy to let yourself get carried away with their ups and downs. There's an unexpected funny and passionate scene when Vincent and Gabrielle rediscover romance, and Johnny Depp makes a long cameo appearance as an attractive stranger.

French with English subtitles

3 out of 5 stars.

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