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They Didn't Need Chloe For This Story/Film...


I watched this off Amazon Prime over the weekend, and I like Kevin Kline in just about anything I see him in, this is no exception. He stars as a down-and-out New Yorker who travels to Paris to liquidate a huge, valuable apartment he has inherited from his estranged father. Once there, however, he discovers a refined old woman (Maggie Smith), living in the apartment with her daughter (Kristin Scott Thomas).

The principle leads are all good in this, and the locales are sure nice, but I think where this film goes wrong is it tries to be too much of a romantic comedy, when I think it would've worked best if the focus had stayed on the relationship between Smith and Kline's characters. There was quite a bit of history between them through Kline's character's father, and that I think was enough to fuel the film- all manifesting through this apartment they are both trying to obtain-?? But overall, I would definitely recommend this if you're up for a good quiet and amusing little film without a lot of explosions, and running and jumping and shooting-?? LOL

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For about 75% of the movie it wasn't a romantic comedy. There was very little romance involved, a key ingredient for a rom com.



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I didn't see it as a rom com just a good story to being told.
without spoilers... Chloe is part of his story but she must be present for the story.
But I also 100% agree with you...Kevin Kline in anything...

Also My Life as a House. Nice to see KST and KK together again

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there's some humour at the beginning, but it quickly turns into a melodrama. Not much of a romcom. a mostly sad story.

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