Belas Famílias

Overly long French "romcom" that is neither funny nor romantic. Elderly rat-like man cheats on his gorgeous young fiance with an even more gorgeous younger daughter of his dead father's mistress.

Convoluted, miscast, ridiculous mess with some terrible acting and infantile plot.

Some gorgeous locations and stunning female cast make it pretty, but vacuous viewing

Ridiculous plot, ridiculous characters, amator level acting

save your time, move on

When I first watched this film, in French only with no subtitles, I thought that my French got a little rusty because many things did not make sense. Then, I watched it again, this time with subtitles. Good news: my French is not rusty. Bad news: the film makes no sense, or very little sense. Even the genre is hard to pin: it feels like it may be a comedy, or romantic comedy with quite a bit of drama... or... I don't know. Then there is a plot which revolves around a house that should/could be inherited by more than one person... all made more complicated by machinations of various individuals. But, even that part does not make much sense (cannot go into details without it being a spoiler). And then, finally, we are supposed to believe that people just fall in love, because, you know, it helps move the story forward. Too bad, because there were a few decent scenes and overall, performances were quite good. But the essence of this film is simple put - poor. Not believable, not engaging. In the end, the film left me completely indifferent. At least actors were good. That's the reason I did not give it 1 star but 3.

Take all the stereotypes of a French movie, shake with a bunch a good French actors, add a heavy hand of bad scenario, and you have it. How was this movie ever released?

I enjoyed this film very much. Kept me in suspense from beginning to end, very much like reading an unputdownable book. A very cleverly woven plot with twists and turns and everything ends well. Although comedic it could happen in real life!