The Girl From Monaco

Seen for the first time in January 2013.

For the first hour or so, "The Girl From Monaco" seems like the kind of crappy romantic-comedy that one need not go to France and subtitles for. It's okay as far as that formula goes, with an uptight nebbish lawyer, a sexually available trollop, and a grim body-guard. There is humor present, though maybe not the laugh out loud kind. But as the film goes on, it stops trying to be funny, and we start to notice some interesting parallels between the love triangle in the lawyer's case and the love triangle in the lawyer's life. And so there's only one way this will end up, and it's not funny, but it is interesting. Maybe in the final few moments, the film tries too hard to be evocative. And fails. But it ends up being a pretty good movie that sucks you in with its relatability. Grade B +.