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The Five Star French hotel circuit provides a lavish backdrop for complicated encounters between a seasoned hustler (Audrey Tautou) and a naïve bar tender (Gad Elmaleh).
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Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) crosses the border from Mexico to reunite with his mother (Kate del Castillo), at the same time that she contemplates trading in her day job in the U.S. for a one way ticket to Mexico to catch up on the last four years she has been separated from Carlitos. This syrupy [...]

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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have crafted an engrossing caper, assuming facts that might have been the basis for the gag order on London’s “unsolved” Baker Street bank robbery in 1971. The complex character development provide audiences with numerous angles, so don’t feel corrupt if you find yourself rooting for the [...]

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While the look and feel is set in the 40’s, the psychology is timeless: one never knows what the person next to you is thinking, whether it be a stranger, friend, or spouse. Harry (Chris Cooper) thinks there is only one way to save his wife (Patricia Clarkson) from total depression [...]

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A middle-aged, unemployed governess (Frances McDormand) seizes a job “opportunity” with a glamorous performer (Amy Adams) who has two, too many boyfriends (Lee Pace, Tom Payne, Mark Strong). The proper Miss Pettigrew jumps out of character to assist her new found friend/employer and in the process delights audiences with this late [...]

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