Very entertainingby Anonymous

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May 03, 2009: I first saw this movie on a plane going to Paris, so perhaps that is why I enjoyed it so. The second time I saw it I found it equally as enjoyable and thought the acting, scenery and story line very well done.

I loved the relationsip between the sisters and thought the depiction of Parisian life very accurate. I would watch it again and again...

Le Divorce...all wrongby Anonymous

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August 03, 2005: I read the book, and the main plot was the affair between the 20 something American, and the much MUCH older French diplomat. The whole idea the author was trying to get across the the reader, was this question...what did this older man have, that he kept on getting women young enough to be his granddaughters, into his bed? And, to some point, the writer did succeed, portraying a man who was still handsome, and was charming, intelligent, sophisticated, and very good in bed. So, why did they choose a man who looked as if he was in his late 40's (albeit, a very handsome, sexy late 40's), to play this "elderly" Frenchman? That totally ruined the movie for me. His being the young American's lover, was totally beleivable, from the start. There was no mystery about what it was he had, that she became his mistress so quickly. Any female over the age of consent would fall for this guy! It would have made much more sense, to have Sam Waterston, play the older diplomat/lover, instead of the naive father. After all, he is probably closer to the age of the character as written by the author in the book, is good looking, has sex appeal, and, I've read, speaks fluent French. I'm sure he could have pulled a Parisian accent out of his acting bag of tricks. The ending, was not as portrayed in the book. Not even close. And, a great disappointment. As for Naomi Watts and Kate Hudson...I rather wish, that Sam Waterston, Stockard Channing, and Leslie Caron had all ganged up, and tossed these highly overrated blonde ditzes, in the Seine, and gone on to make a film about rich, naive American tourists in France, who meet up with a rich, elegant French lady. These three actors, along with the underused Stephen Fry, and Bebe Neuwirth, made this film, and stole every scene they were in, effortlessly.