This is a very good movie, not a masterpiece, but a very good one, even if, unfortunately, it's spoiled. I own the DVD, and every time I looked at it, I felt somehow unsatisfied, in the end, and I couldn't understand why, until finally I realized: this movie lacks a heart. It's cold, a perfect mechanism, but with no heart. It's been so carefully written and played, but the passion is not there. There's no real human being in there, only puppets without soul. And that's a real shame, because everything else works, in a way. The idea is good (altho not very believable), Paris looks marvelous, the gags are funny, and the choice of actors is great. But the final result is cold, self-centered, in a very modern-french-movie way. I would definitely suggest it for renting (at least it'll make you feel like you're living in Paris), but not to buy. One final note about Alice Taglioni: she's a unique example of an incredibly beautiful woman who can be funny. Among such great actors, she manages to escape the puppet mechanism and be human, wonderfully so. Alice, if you're reading this, marry me :)
