Monte Carlo (2011)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 91
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 56
Although it has its charming moments, Monte Carlo is mostly silly, predictable stuff that never pushes beyond the boundaries of formula.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 16
Although it has its charming moments, Monte Carlo is mostly silly, predictable stuff that never pushes beyond the boundaries of formula.
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Three graduates fulfill their dreams of vacationing in Paris. They accidentally find themselves in a lavish world, where they live like royalty and experience romance. But at the end of their journey, they discover the true magic of friendship. -- 20th Century Fox
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Selena Gomez
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Leighton Meester
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Katie Cassidy
Emma -
Cory Monteith
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Andie MacDowell
Pam -
Brett Cullen
Robert -
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Amanda -
Joe Camp III
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Lisa Bracey
Riley -
Valérie Lemercier
Madame Valerie -
Franck de la Personne
Manager at Grand Belle -
Máté Haumann
Concierge at Grand Bell... -
Istvan Goz
Doorman at Grand Belle -
Attila Arpa
Security at Grand Belle -
Joël Lefrançois
Manager at Le Petite So... -
Virág Bárány
Maid at Le Petite Somei... -
Shay Cunliffe
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Barna Illyés
Paparazzi 1 -
Dániel Mogács
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Gabor Nagypal
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Matt Devere
Steward on Jet -
Mark Phelan
Man in Bathtub -
Pierre Boulanger
Theo -
Christophe Malavoy
Bernard Marchand -
Catherine Tate
Alicia Winthrop Scott -
Giulio Berruti
Prince Domenico da Silv... -
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
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Romain Cottard
Desk Clerk at Hotel de ... -
Arnaud Aldigé
Bellhop at Hotel de Par... -
Antal Leisen
Room Service at Hotel t... -
Richard Rifkin
Auction Bidder 1 -
Sophie Care Thompson
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George Mendel
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Severine Vasseline
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Vilma Szecsi
Flower Market Woman -
Ben O'Brien
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Bernadett Kis
Touring Architect (Roma... -
?va Magyar
School Director (Romani... -
Corey Monteith
Owen -
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All Critics (92) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (56)
Ridiculously contrived, superficial throughout and too sugary, 'Monte Carlo' is still too innocent and convivial to cast too many aspersions on.
Top CriticTeen girls who want a vicarious overseas jaunt are advised to follow Emma's lead in one scene of Monte Carlo and watch To Catch a Thief instead.
The movie sputs out like fizzled fireworks in the Monte Carlo night.
The scenery is pretty, the actresses work hard and it all goes by fairly quickly, if unmemorably.
Director Thomas Bezucha lingers too long on side plots and doesn't give the film emotional resonance.
After Selena Gomez's auspicious big-screen debut in Ramona and Beezus, Monte Carlo feels like two steps back for the Wizards of Waverly Place star.
It's all frothy and silly, but Selena Gomez and her co-stars are sweet and appealing and are sure to win over the film's target audience.
More gum-popping than jaw-dropping, it's the kind of light entertainment that Elvis used to make.
So corny that a cereal company could have sponsored it...
Short on wit and invention, the film comes over as Texas's answer to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.
Harmless enough to a point... but the idea that girls should aspire to little more than acquiring a boyfriend, a home or a brand-new pair of Blahniks will be desperately depressing for any parents dragged along.
Mature viewers will appreciate the rare lack of bad language in what for them will be a reminder of screwball comedies past.
A dull fantasy-farce of luxe hotel suites, hot guys and product-placement jewellery, a pretty unappetising mix that the film tries to justify at the end with some blather about Romanian orphanages.
A comprehensive waste of time and money.
Meester especially is a lot better than this.
A corny grown-up's vision of teenage wish-fulfilment, like a sexless Sex And The City 2.
[A] good-natured but insipid vehicle for tween star Selena Gomez...
Clichéd and glitzy, it throws its lots in entirely with the romantic ideal of love and Monaco, but has a bubbling spirit and Meester drives a scooter in Grecian sandals impeccably.
Gomez, looking every bit the child bride, keeps strutting her actressy ambitions like a pushy diva hogging the dress-up-box.
Trashily enjoyable thanks to some expertly assembled clichés, an assortment of picturesque locations and likeable chemistry between the three leads.
This is a film that knows what its teen audience wants - and gives it to it in spades.
Sluggish, witless and desperately twee.
Glossy entertainment for tweens. Avoid if you're over 14.
Audience Reviews for Monte Carlo
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Good movie. I enjoyed it pretty nice, although the main idea of the story was not original in a way nevertheless the story plays out well and spot on. Great young cast with potential.
A young woman, her uptight step sister and her best friend use their savings for a long anticipated dream trip to Paris, which turns out to be a big disappointment. When they decide to take a break from their lousy tour and duck into the lobby of a luxury hotel, one of them is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress. Before they get the chance to reveal their true identities they are wrapped up in misadventures during a vacation to Monte Carlo instead.
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- Riley: Precious cargo..
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- Grace: Do you have any change?
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- Emma: Let me tell you one thing about shoes, Meg. If they ain't hurtin' , they ain't workin'!
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- Grace: Is my dress on backwards,or does the real me have a bit more going on upstairs?
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- Cordelia Winthrop Scott: You let me up.
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- Grace: I finally meet a guy who likes me for me. And I'm not even me.
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Foreign Titles
- Plötzlich Star (DE)
- Bienvenue à Monte Carlo (FR)
