16/15
The young couple has been invited to Morocco to meet the whole family
Tale
Benoît finds himself in debt and has to ask his wealthy parents for help once again. His plan to get the money: he’ll convince them to marry his model friend, Emily. When Emily cancels on the way to the airport, Benoît decides to invite his big-mouthed Uber-driver Fiona instead.
It’s just for w
Read all. This movie was so simple-minded and vulgar, it felt like an American comedy. I can see an American remake in its future.
Not this one
This was quite refreshing for a French comedy, although it’s not my kind of thing. French comedies usually start out funny and suddenly die down to serious before the end. Not one has a hidden face — Benoît remains strange and cowardly from beginning to end.
His brothers are greedy and pure evil
The Fake Girlfriend lacks social graces from start to finish. The parents are the only standard rich and confused couple you see in most French comedies. Their arcs in such films are completely predictable, so they were at least interesting.
Its future will be as the standard Sunday night movie on French television
However, I’m glad I have an unlimited movie pass, because I would be unhappy to spend a lot of money on this one, given the high ticket prices at the cinema.
