The film has a lot more grace than you'd expect; it's not frantic, but actually rather breezy.
Priceless (2008)
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Reviews Counted:67
Fresh:55
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Priceless is a light, farcical rom-com that features sharp performances from Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content including nudity.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Theatrical Release:Mar 28, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $2,036,198
Synopsis: Directed by Pierre Salvadori, this delightful French comedy features AMELIE star Audrey Tautou and the charming Gad Elmaleh (THE VALET). Jean (Elmaleh) is a hardworking employee at one of southern... Directed by Pierre Salvadori, this delightful French comedy features AMELIE star Audrey Tautou and the charming Gad Elmaleh (THE VALET). Jean (Elmaleh) is a hardworking employee at one of southern France's elite resort hotels. He is known for his excellent work ethic, but that changes after a chance encounter with sexy hotel guest Irene (Tautou). Bored with her wealthy and much older boyfriend/benefactor, Irene is looking for some excitement. She finds it with Jean, whom she believes to be another guest at the hotel. When she discovers that he is merely an employee there, she is furious, and wants nothing more to do with him. Jean tries to rekindle their affair, but Irene lets him know that she is only interested in men with money--lots and lots of money. Jean is broke and brokenhearted, until he crosses paths with another hotel guest--this one an older woman of considerable means. He soon finds himself living the high life alongside Irene and her own rich patron. But Jean is far more interested in romance than in riches, and the glitzy fun and games quickly come to a head. The film makes the most of its dazzling location, luxuriating in the wealth and beauty of the French Riviera. The story obviously owes a firm tip of the hat to BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY's, and indeed Tautou's effortless grace and style do bring to mind Ms. Hepburn. In the hands of less skilled actors, the plot could have felt a bit flimsy, but Tautou and Elmaleh are so engaging, one can't help but root for them and their romantic hijinks. [More]
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Jacques Spiesser
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Jacques Spiesser, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annelise Hesme
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Screenwriter: Pierre Salvadori, Benoit Graffin
Producer: Philippe Martin
Composer: Camille Bazbaz
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
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Reviews for Priceless
It's Tautou's showcase and if her endlessly calculating Irene displays little of the childlike innocence Hepburn gave the role, she brings her own magic to the table. Every move she makes is endearing and she's never looked more stylishly beautiful.
Worth seeing only for the mysterious adhesion process of Tautou's dresses and for Gilles Henry's glossy cinematography, which treats the luxurious Monte Carlo and Nice locations the way a tongue treats a lollipop.
After being drained of all personality for her role in The Da Vinci Code, Tautou regains her Amelie effervescence.
A charming French romantic comedy that salutes love as the only thing that can truly turn your world around.
Priceless is a bauble -- an art-house diamond made of paste that somehow still gives you good glimmer for the money.
Priceless ends on a sweet, sentimental note. Yes, it’s unrealistic. But, hey, that’s why we go to the movies.
The perfect frothy fantasy for the obscene wealth gap era, Priceless (Hors de Prix) stars a gorgeous, cellophane-thin Audrey Tautou as Irène, a dedicated gold digger who finds herself accidentally mixed up with a penniless bartender.
The appealing actors make up for the fact that they're portraying prostitutes. They are putting their bodies up for sale, but saving their hearts for true love. After all, that's the only thing that's priceless.
It's not high art, but Pierre Salvadori's sunny romantic comedy Priceless is certainly funny.
A bit silly and predictable at times, but if you've been a long time fan of Tautou, you'll definitely want to see this.
The lovely Audrey Tautou and sad-eyed Gad Elmaleh are perfectly cast as a gold-digger and the poor sap who loves her, but the real star of Pierre Salvadori's larky, Lubitsch-esque farce is France's impossibly chic Cote d'Azure.
Priceless, Pierre Salvadori's re-imagining (read: vulgarization) of Breakfast at Tiffany's, wears its contempt on its sleeve.
It might remind you of those early-'60s capers that starred a different Audrey -- Hepburn.
Forget reality shows exalting American gluttony and savor the more refined amenities on the coasts of southern France in the cynical Gallic comedy Priceless.
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January 04, 2009:
Cutehoneys.com: Fresh from her stint as a spiritual sleuth of sorts in Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code, petite and perky actress Audrey Tautou turns up in a different sort of investigative mode, in this tangy French confection. ![]()
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June 21, 2008:
Gad Elmaleh (The Valet) stars in another French farce revolving around a case of mistaken identity. ![]()
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