French Kiss (1995)

French Kiss: Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. With Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno. A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.

“This was one of the best comedies of the 1990s – with While You Were Sleeping, Thereu0026#39;s Something about Mary, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Flirting with Disaster, perhaps When Harry Met Sally or Sleepless in Seattle. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a charming movie. Iu0026#39;m not particularly a Meg Ryan fan – (funny that I just named two of her movies in a top comedy list!). Sheu0026#39;s at her best here. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is funny but has more heart than most comedies – the scenes with Lucu0026#39;s family are lovely and memorable – not at all overdone, just right. The movieu0026#39;s at its best when the principals are all together at Cannes – it becomes less humorous but very warmly romantic. The characters are so well written – there is even sympathy for Timothy Huttonu0026#39;s character. The chemistry between Ryan and Kline (which I wouldnu0026#39;t have believed before I saw it) is very much there. By the time Kevin Kline is singing La Mer over the last of the closing credits (after Louis Armstrong has sung La Vie en Rose), youu0026#39;ll want to see it again. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKevin Kline is just magnificent – a quite real,interesting, amusing person is created. The Meg Ryan characteru0026#39;s primness is irritating – but then one must see why Timothy Hutton found her so (comically, the movieu0026#39;s idea of primness is that she was deflowered at 18 not 13!). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYouu0026#39;ll like it.”