An Amazing Couple (Un couple épatant) (2004)

62% of critics liked it
(37 reviews)
25% of users liked it
(18 ratings)

In the second installment in director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy, the comedy centers around how a husband's eccentric behavior leads to his wife having suspicions about their marriage. Cecile is a teacher who is still madly in love with her husband Alain, a hypochondriac who is convinced that a routine… More In the second installment in director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy, the comedy centers around how a husband's eccentric behavior leads to his wife having suspicions about their marriage. Cecile is a teacher who is still madly in love with her husband Alain, a hypochondriac who is convinced that a routine operation will take his life. He doesn't want to alarm his wife, and she mistakes his secrecy for him having an affair. Enter Pascal, who is hired by Cecile to track Alain, but who falls in love with Cecile instead.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Lucas Belvaux
Written By: Lucas Belvaux
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Feb 6, 2004 Wide
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Critic Reviews

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Each movie casts light on the others. And after watching all three, a profound blending of the stories percolates in your head.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Belvaux beautifully controls all three styles and stories -- even though he's least successful with the comedy Couple.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Charmingly offbeat in the vein of early Woody Allen.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
This comedy built around marital misunderstanding is the weak link.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
More remarkable as an experiment than a ﬁlm.
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times
It's all terribly twee and often irritating.
Tim Cogshell, Boxoffice Magazine
It serves mostly as a linking device but stands on its own as a charming romp through classic French farce.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Boosted by Morel's subtly hilarious, hangdog performance, the film offers a cunning blend of door-slamming farce and whimsical marital love story.
Annlee Ellingson, FilmStew.com
The least successful of the three, perhaps simply due to context. Without a disclaimer of sorts labeling it "A ROMANTIC FARCE," it's too easy to be confused by its tone.
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
...the fast-paced and unfolding plot will sustain interest.
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
This drawing room style comedy, with all of its twists, turns and mistaken beliefs is laugh out load funny at times
, E! Online
The movie threatens to devolve into chaos, but director Belvaux manages to keep his plates spinning and his own splintered version of romantic farce chugging along.
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
Collapses into a flabby heap of tepid French farce.
Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews
...grounded in the terrific comedic performance of François Morel, who turns Alain's paranoias into an ever-escalating parade of misinterpreted missteps.

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