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Shall We Kiss? (2008)

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Reviews Counted:68

Fresh:51

Rotten:17

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: Shall We Kiss? combines just enough romance and laughs to make for a charming French take on Woody Allen comedies.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Mar 27, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $373,940

Synopsis: Wry, observant and touching, Shall we Kiss? is a very contemporary meditation on the myriad implications of a simple kiss. When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they... Wry, observant and touching, Shall we Kiss? is a very contemporary meditation on the myriad implications of a simple kiss. When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences." Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.--© Music Box Films [More]

Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet, Michael Cohen

Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet, Michael Cohen, Stefano Accorsi, Frederique Bel, Melanie Maudran, Marie Madiner, Lucciana de Vogue, Jacques Lafoly

Director: Emmanuel Mouret

Director: Emmanuel Mouret
Screenwriter: Emmanuel Mouret
Producer: Frederic Niedermayer
Studio: Music Box Films

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Alicia Potter
Alicia Potter
Boston Phoenix

This is not your average romantic comedy. Shall We Kiss? simply delights.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
06/12/09
Amy Wheeler
Amy Wheeler
FILMINK (Australia)

Gayet and Cohen generate enough heat in their section to upstage the leads.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/03/09
Andrea Gronvall
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader

The addiction of French cinema to stories of love, lust, betrayal and romance continues unabated in the hands of Emmanuel Mouret, playing unassuming characters on screen in his own films, like this one

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
06/05/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

The French cinema continues to be the source of our most timelessly enchanting romantic entertainment.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
03/25/09
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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An amusing enough trifle.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
03/23/09
Andrew Schenker
Andrew Schenker
Slant Magazine

The result is that Shall We Kiss? puts its viewers in a bind worthy of the lovers themselves: should we organize a Socratic symposium on the issues raised by the film, or hurl our popcorn violently at the screen?

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
03/30/09
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

A delightfully sweet romantic comedy of manners filled with genuine charm, warmth and intelligent humor. It also makes for a very pleasant and satisfying date movie.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
03/28/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

A clever dissection of romance and friendship that feels nearly like a French Woody Allen film.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
03/05/09
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
HollywoodChicago.com

There are two couples in the French Shall We Kiss? One is appealing, one is annoying, and unfortunately, we spend most of the time with Monsieur and Mademoiselle Blecch.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
04/10/09
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Faultlessly tasteful but a little stale. Emmanuel Mouret wrote, directed and stars in this whimsical story of temptation and consequences.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
04/09/09
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Intellectual pretensions are trotted out, yet everything remains mired in bourgie rom-com cuteness and Pottery Barn aesthetics.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
03/25/09
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

...an irresistibly blithesome piece of work...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
04/12/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The influence of Woody Allen is obvious, but Mouret -- though he overdoes the tics and hesitancies of his nervous lover -- manages to make this combination of humour, sex and pain all his own.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
06/19/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)

The quiet joys of Shall We Kiss? are to be found not only in the observational writing and the pitch-perfect performances but in the way the mood shifts from tantalising foreplay to more serious matters.

Full Review Source: The Australian | comment Comment
06/26/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
The Australian

Emmanuel Mouret continues his winning streak with Shall We Kiss? another Woody Allen-meets-Eric Rohmer romantic comedy in which the young writer-director again plays the doofus lead.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety

A gaggle of upwardly mobile yuppies are buffeted by the stings of love and lust in an utterly charming, smart and very French take on the birds and the bees and the mysteries of coincidence. Dollops of both Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer enrich this romantic

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
02/24/09
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Anyone with half a brain is likely to be insulted by the film's insipid cutesy tone that creates a ridiculous fantasy scenario that has no basis in reality.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
03/25/09
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Bogs down in the philosophical shallow end and never quite recovers from what's clearly meant to be a deceptively light tone.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/24/09
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
Village Voice
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Is a kiss just a kiss or does it bear consequences: That's the question at the center of the charming if chatty French comedy of manners, which is inspired by Rohmer's cycle of morality fables.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
03/25/09
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