Reviews

Not bad after all, but the ending has a problem with suspension of disbelief. Like in every other mystery identity movie, once you know you the bad guy really is, you tend to rewind the whole film in your memory and see if the whole thing is coherent. Which here is not the case. Even when the main character is alone (and therefore doesn't have to "act" in front of other characters who don't know who he really is) he seems to react like it were the first time he is in fancy hotel, etc. So, in a way, it's not the lead character who is lying to the other characters, but the filmmakers who are lying to us viewers. It's a great joy when it's done playfully by someone like Brian De Palma (in Dressed To Kill and Body Double), but this trick is irrelevant here !

The final twist notwithstanding, the filmmakers are talented enough to create tension without resorting to many action set-pieces.

And, everything being said and done, it's always a treat to watch Sophie Marceau act, though she somehow manages mostly to get involved in projects that don't match her talent.

It is quite unusual to see a comedy which is both funny and relevantly profound. It's just too bad the director did not believe in the ideas she finely develops throughout the film ; indeed, the end is really disappointing and reminds me (here's the spoiler !) of Boxing Helena.