Franco-LA
The plot was too confusing and the protagonist was not that endearing to hold your attention. The acting was good, particularly the lead; however, his personality is not one that affirms he could have attracted such a broad and diverse group of males and females -- essentially everyone who came into his immediate orbit. The relationship between his employer seemed the more comfortable and most developed one and therefore her willingness to both sleep with and marry him was more believable. They both went into this disaster with eyes wide open and it appeared that they were willing to do it because they felt they had no real choices. It's an interesting movie and one can see the appeal to others, but it's a bit more precious without saying as much to recommend to everyone.
Jay Harris
What we have here is a confusing film with confused divergent characters who for the most part do not seem connected in any way whatsoever.We have a non-handsome middle aged bi-sexual lawyer,We have a female lawyer as his some time sex partner.We have his bi-sexual client in nearby prison with a life sentencewho has the hots for the lawyer as well as this young female hairdresser, who gets involved with the lawyer.Now we add in this a teen aged lad who has the absolute hots for lawyer.The above sounds crazy & I feel if the characters had any idea of the roles they were playing,this may have come over much better.The director made this as a drama instead of a farcical satiric comedy, which the film really is. Thusly I cannot give this film any praise.Rating ** (out of 4) 63 points (out of 100) IMDb 5 (out of 10)
ekeby
Just watched this and came here to read the comments and see the rating. I never would have guessed this is meant to be a comedy. Maybe it doesn't translate, culturally. It didn't strike me as funny in the least. What I saw was the central character, a male bisexual, pivoting between men and women without any rhyme or reason. I suppose that's the joke--that bisexuality offers too many options. Seriously, I saw one or two things that were amusing, particularly at the end, but there was little in this movie other than the tragic consequences of indecision. Not funny. Then again, maybe it's just my puritan heritage shining through.The actors are pretty, and I found it interesting to watch (it's France!), but I can't say it was really worthwhile. Put it at the bottom of your Netflix list.
MiloMindbender
This is by far the worst movie I've seen from France in the past 5 years. This supposed comedy is anything but funny. The lead character is a narcissist so wrapped up in his work & making appearances that he's unaware of the impact he has on those around him. Why anyone would associate with this creep, much less have an affair with him is beyond me. His character is so abhorrent that there is no empathy from the viewer to the events that take place. It also fails as any type of social critique or satire as it is decidedly unfunny and doesn't create any insight into its subject matter.