People who have seen it are saying that it is very Woody Allen. Aside from having a single writer-director-actor in Julie Delpy, other Woody elements include the self-deprecating humor, the neurotic lead, the hand held camera style, and even a psychiatrist! The movie is funny and doesn't pander to the cliché of an American denigrating the French and vice versa. On the contrary, the American Jack (Adam Goldberg) is even anti-American, well, actually, let's just say he's not a Republican.
Noteworthy are the jokes on American myths of about the French. They don't take showers. They have relatively small penises that explain why they have to be so romantic. They're generally cranky. And so on. Some of it may be true but these are funnily presented in a smart romantic comedy. This movie is not for the queasy with all the sex jokes and some split second male frontal nudity. I was rolling in the aisles!
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