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Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur) (2010)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 74
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 23

While definitely on the fluffier side of French comedy, Heartbreaker benefits from never taking itself too seriously -- and from the performance of the ever-charming Romain Duris.

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 5

While definitely on the fluffier side of French comedy, Heartbreaker benefits from never taking itself too seriously -- and from the performance of the ever-charming Romain Duris.

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Movie Info

HEARTBREAKER is an action-packed romantic comedy pairing two of France's biggest young stars: Romain Duris (THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED, PARIS) and actress/singer Vanessa Paradis (GIRL ON THE BRIDGE). A smash hit in France, the film was also featured at the Tribeca Film Festival. Charming, funny and effortlessly cool, Alex (Duris) is a professional heartbreaker who for a fee can turn any husband, fiance or boyfriend into an ex. Alex has one ironclad rule: He only breaks up couples where the

Jan 11, 2011

$0.5M

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All Critics (74) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (23)

Laugh-out-loud silly and well worth seeing before Hollywood remakes it with somebody like Matthew McConaughey in the title role.

December 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment (1)
Orlando Sentinel
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It has neither a cynic's conviction nor idealist's perseverance, and its ideas about what a woman wants seem cribbed from bad paperback fiction.

September 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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Chaumeil's comedy cum scenery -- mainly Monte Carlo -- gives the mercurial Romain Duris a chance to show his chops as an homme fatal.

September 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Wall Street Journal
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Alas, it turns out to be just as bad as any routine French romantic comedy -- illogical, inconsistent and sloppily written, a charmless, tasteless, witless waste of time.

September 16, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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The travelogue component of Heartbreaker is its best selling point.

September 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Christian Science Monitor
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Yes, Heartbreaker is diverting, intermittently charming and occasionally funny, but it is also a jumble of jammed-together notions.

September 10, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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This is fun, frothy screwball stuff that won't demand much more cerebral participation than reading the subtitles. But, like Duris, it should charm your pants off.

May 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz | Comment
Flicks.co.nz

A romantic comedy with a decidedly French twist ... There's bound to be a Hollywood remake, but you can be sure it won't have anything like the same élan.

March 10, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Talk | Comment

In being farcical instead of cute, Heartbreaker reveals itself as a welcome treat. It leaves you knowingly happy.

December 23, 2010 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au | Comment
sbs.com.au

While it opens with a promising start, this quickly becomes a vacuous and formulaic romantic comedy.

December 20, 2010 Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | Comment
FILMINK (Australia)

A romantic comedy that is charming and light as a souffle.

December 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | Comment
Sydney Morning Herald

A light and fluffy internationalised French rom-com, stripped of any quirkiness and with little heat generated between Vanessa Paradis and Roman Duris as romantic leads.

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Screenwize | Comment
Screenwize

At its core, the film fails to convince us

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

A funny and utterly charming romantic comedy

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

Heartbreaker really isn't terrible - there are a few moments of manic slapstick and the actors are charismatic even when their characters are boorish. But it's a movie for people who think movies are about wasting time.

November 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

"Unapologetically silly."

November 21, 2010 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
About.com

Heartbreaker is a French attempt at an American romantic comedy. At this endeavor it is a total success - in the sense that it's as trite and contrived as most of our romcoms.

November 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Comment

It ain't all "Breathless" and "Jules and Jim" in Paris, apparently; they can churn out glossy, formulaic entertainment like "Heartbreaker," too.

October 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Manages to be such a pleasant little soufflé of a movie that it's hard not to like it on its own terms.

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Hollywood should sit up and take notice of how to revitalize the romantic comedy with the fresh and original spin from director Pascal Chaumeil in his feature film debut.

October 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | Comment

"Heartbreaker" has some amusing moments and gorgeous settings (the Riviera), but it never achieves the smooth slickness director Pascal Chaumeil aims for.

October 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | Comment
Kansas City Star

What "Heartbreaker" lacks in suspense it makes up for in charm, especially when Duris and Paradis start re-enacting numbers from "Dirty Dancing."

October 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Comment
Salt Lake Tribune

Pascal Chaumeil's debut rom-com gets by with a little help from Romain Duris and the enduring beauty of Vanessa Paradis. He may not be so lucky next time.

October 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | Comment
Monsters and Critics

Romain Duris (Paris) is ridiculously engaging... If only the film had trusted in its own premise, instead of succumbing to the blandness of the conventional.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
Flick Filosopher

It sparkles like champagne. It's not the good stuff, but it'll do the trick.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Comment
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Audience Reviews for Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur)

Directed by Pascal Chaumeil, Quad Productions, 2010. Starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier and Andrew Lincoln. Genre: Comedy, Romance Question: Ladies, this question goes out to you. What could a guy do that would make you fall in love with him? I know a hard question to answer. I have my thoughts but

September 16, 2011
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This was a fun movie, with a unique premise..which led to enjoyable (if at times predictable) story lines. The acting was very good. A little slapstick at times. Really good soundtrack, too. Just an all round nice chick flick.

March 7, 2011
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    1. Alex: And to attain our goal.....anything goes.
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    1. Alex: I break up couples for a living.
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