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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Adam Brooks (written by)
Release Date:
5 May 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Kate's stuck in a place where anything can happen with a guy who'll make sure that it does
Plot:
A woman flies to France to confront her straying fiancé, but gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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User Comments:
Cute film more (105 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Meg Ryan | ... | Kate |
 | Kevin Kline | ... | Luc Teyssier |
 | Timothy Hutton | ... | Charlie |
 | Jean Reno | ... | Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon |
 | François Cluzet | ... | Bob |
| Suzan Anbeh | ... | Juliette |
 | Renée Humphrey | ... | Lilly |
 | Michael Riley | ... | M. Campbell |
| Laurent Spielvogel | ... | Concierge |
| Victor Garrivier | ... | Octave |
| Elisabeth Commelin | ... | Claire (as Elizabeth Commelin) |
| Julie Leibowitch | ... | Olivia |
| Miquel Brown | ... | Sgt. Patton |
| Louise Deschamps | ... | Jean-Paul's Girl |
| Olivier Curdy | ... | Jean-Paul's Boy |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Paris Match
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexuality, language and drug references.
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Runtime:
111 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33776) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:12 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7
Filming Locations:
American Embassy - 2 Avenue Gabriel, Paris 8, Paris, France more
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When Kate and Luc are first talking in their room at Cannes, the song "Verlaine" is playing; its lyrics include the words "Les sanglots longues des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'un langueur monotone" ("The long sobs of the violins of autumn wound my heart with a monotonous languor"). These words from a poem by Verlaine had been used in 1944 to form the code phrases that alerted the Resistance to the Allied invasion of France, as depicted in The Longest Day (1962). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Kate and Charlie are seen in a car while looking at a house they may purchase; the car has no front plates which all must have in the province of Ontario. more
Quotes:
Kate:
Let me ask you something. If you know so much about men and women, how come there was no one waiting for you at the airport?
Luc:
Oh, please! I'm finished with women.
Kate:
Oh, so you're afraid of commitment.
Luc:
I'm not afraid of anything.
Kate:
You know what your problem is? You have no staying power.
Luc:
What do you mean?
Kate:
You can't stick it out.
Luc:
[nervously] What are you talking about?
Kate:
It's obvious.
Luc:
It is?
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan" (????) more
Soundtrack:
Via Con Me more
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A Francophile will probably like this film. I did. Meg Ryan plays a woman who's on the verge of marrying a Canadian, so she's denounced her American citizenship. She's also afraid of flying so she stays home while her fiance goes to Paris on business. Things take a turn for the worse when he calls, saying he's met the woman of his dreams and he's staying in France.
Frantic to get back her man, she boards a plane. Next to her sits a French thief, beautifully played by Kevin Kline, who has problems of his own, most notably how to smuggle a diamond necklace out of the country.
It's a character-driven plot that Cary Grant would have loved - two people who are seemingly so "repelled" by each other but all they need are the right elements to fall in love. I'm generally not a fan of the romantic-comedy, but the French setting sucked me in as did a supporting role played by the always excellent Jean Reno.
As for the authenticity of Kline's accent, I had a good friend from France who claimed it was "formidable." So there.
Very entertaining and worth a watch.
Want more French choices? Try "Frantic" with Harrison Ford, it's Hitchcockian; "Green Card," who can resist Depardieu?; and my all-time favorite Meg Ryan film "Addicted to Love." It's a great black comedy and it has the sizzlingly sexy Tcheky Karyo. "C'est magnifique!"