Fresh
A film that seeks to amble it way towards resolution and which offers a few insights and smiles along the way.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Avenue Montaigne
2006 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Danièle Thompson
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Avenue Montaigne
Overview
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
Director and cast
- Danièle Thompson Director
- Cécile de France as Jessica
- Valérie Lemercier as Catherine Versen
- Albert Dupontel as Jean-François Lefort
- Christopher Thompson as Frédéric "Fred" Grumberg
- Claude Brasseur as Jacques Grumberg
- Dani as Claudie
- Laura Morante as Valentine Lefort
- Suzanne Flon as Madame Roux
- Sydney Pollack as Brian Sobinski
- Guillaume Gallienne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Even if this fine French meal isn't as rich or feels a little less than it might have been, it's still delightful to sit through, course after winning course.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The movie is as airy as a spun-sugar dessert, but Thompson's observations on the artistic life are both affectionate and knowing: Beauty and wealth, though inevitably compelling, are appreciated as means to humane ends, not goals in themselves.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Watching the charming Avenue Montaigne makes you realize not only how much we miss when mainstream French films are not on the movie menu, but how much we miss when American studios define 'romantic comedy' so strictly.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
It's one of those 'what's-not-to-like' movies, a fantasy about life and Paris that passes painlessly, a trifle elevated by its Parisian settings and our desire to lose ourselves in them.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
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