A Perfect Plan

This contrived but occasionally diverting French romantic comedy stars Diane Kruger as Isabelle, an unadventurous dentist who's about to marry her long-term boyfriend (Robert Plagnol). But all the females in Isabelle's family have a history of first marriages that end badly, so she decides to sidestep this trend by marrying and divorcing a random stranger in quick succession. The stranger Isabelle chooses is Jean-Yves (Dany Boon), an affable travel writer who forces her out of her comfortable, routine existence. The story that follows is entirely predictable, but the real problem is that none of the plot points are remotely convincing. Kruger is impressively game in her first comedic role - despite being saddled with unnecessary pratfalls - and Boon provides dorky charm as the dictaphone-wielding love interest, but their rapport isn't able to overcome the film's narrative shortcomings.