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GALA D: Julie Delpy. France. 99 min. Sep 18, 9:30 pm Roy Thomson Hall Sep 19, 12:30 pm Isabel Bader Sep 20, 9:15 am Scotiabank 2. See listings. Rating: NN
Delpy’s infinite charms in front of the camera can’t really make up for some of her poor choices behind it.
She co-wrote and directed this slapstick comedy, in which she plays Violette, a divorced mother whose adult son (Vincent Lacoste) has some severe Oedipal issues and a habit of sabotaging her love life. New beau Jean-René (Dany Boon) doesn’t know he’s walking into a series of preposterous booby traps involving itching powder, tranquilizers, prostitutes and cyber-terrorism.
Some witty one-liners hit the mark, but for the most part Delpy settles for translating lowbrow Hollywood hijinks into French.
The result is sexier than your average Adam Sandler affair, but not a great deal funnier.
