But a film has to have a story to keep it going and this one is so slight, it's almost invisible. It depends heavily on the charm of the two leading players, STEPHANE FREISS and PATSY KENST. They do well enough to keep the chemistry flowing, although some of Kenst's stand-up comic routines are for the birds. Freiss plays a free wheeling spirit, a down on his heels songwriter whose amorous nature leads to a split between the two.
The story gets back on the track when they reunite. From there on, it's a charmer with some intriguing French scenery to add to the mix. If this were a big Hollywood romantic comedy, it would probably star someone like Julia Robert and Hugh Grant. Freiss and Kenst don't quite have that sort of star appeal, but they do nicely in what is basically the kind of breezy romantic comedy Hollywood seldom makes any more.
There's a happy ending that has the two of them heading for the U.S. when the girl's mother dies--and presumably, their relationship will end in marriage.
Summing up: Breezy trifle passes the time, nothing more.
The story gets back on the track when they reunite. From there on, it's a charmer with some intriguing French scenery to add to the mix. If this were a big Hollywood romantic comedy, it would probably star someone like Julia Robert and Hugh Grant. Freiss and Kenst don't quite have that sort of star appeal, but they do nicely in what is basically the kind of breezy romantic comedy Hollywood seldom makes any more.
There's a happy ending that has the two of them heading for the U.S. when the girl's mother dies--and presumably, their relationship will end in marriage.
Summing up: Breezy trifle passes the time, nothing more.