Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch

I want to thank the Hallmark network for finally combining two topics that makes a viewer watch the movie,murder and fashion. A movie that can be watched by men and women & with no complaints. The right amount of suspense and the perfect blend of two cultures, food and lifestyle.

As a fashionista I thoroughly enjoyed the back of the house scenes, the preparation of the runway and the tension that happens behind the glamours moment.

The freshness of Brooke as an American girl in Paris and Gilles Marini as detective Andre gave the perfect chemistry..the camera loves him & so does the audience.

I love Hallmark Mysteries, I really do. I don't mind the cheesiness or predictability, but this one... OOOF! I couldn't even finish it. And then, I was so embarrassed it was in my Continue Watching queue, that I fast forwarded through it so no one would know I even tried watching it.

Brooke's job- what? That's not a thing!

The ridiculous French actors/accents made it hard to follow along.

The over the top acting... NOPE!

I wish that Hallmark would make more of The Gourmet Detective or Crossword Mysteries instead of this junk.

Overall, this isn't worth your time, alphabetized the cans in your pantry for a more useful way to spend 84 minutes.

How do you say I can't understand a word you're saying in French?

That pretty much sums up this movie for me. To be perfectly fair, it may have been a good movie, but I got so lost in the heavy accents that following the plot became laborious. I usually do very well with understanding various accents, but there was something amiss with this particular movie.

This is a movie made for a mostly-American audience, and I've seen numerous others with the same opinion.

Gilles Marini has been perfectly understandable in several other shows, but even his accent made this difficult.

I also found the acting/chemistry to be lacking. Visually, it was lovely to see the clothes and Paris; but there is more to a movie than cinematography.

I was looking forward to this, but C'est la vie...

This is obviously a vehicle for Brooke but it was too much her acting was OTT but to be fair the writing didn't help - a fashion psychologist turns detective and of course is better at the investigation than the actual detective - so predictable. And her job title what was that about!

The casting of Gilles Marini and Paloma Coquant is super! Both are enjoyable to watch and can actually act that's always a surprise in a Hallmark production. Also Paloma est très belle.

Can't work out if this was filmed in Paris at all But I enjoyed the illusion of it being Paris and the use of French throughout was a nice happenstance as I speak French I don't know if non speakers would feel the same.

That said it didn't make sense that Lauren traipsed around Paris solving a crime without bothering to try to speak French. Talk about unrealistic

I'll just add Mohamed Belhadjine is a revelation I hope he has a long successful career.

There's a bunch of fake 10 star reviews on here. The movie is definitely not this good. But it's also getting panned by real people. And it is better than this.

The biggest gripe people seem to have is the implausible nature of the lead's role. And I completely agree. But (to me) that didn't take anything away from an otherwise quirky and fun film.

The acting was great and the mystery setup had some fairly unique elements. The gentle parody of the fashion world actually made me laugh out loud once or twice.

The romance also felt real. They certainly seemed more smitten with each other more than the average film.