French Kiss (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writer (WGA):

Adam Brooks (written by)

Release Date:

5 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Kate's stuck in a place where anything can happen with a guy who'll make sure that it does

Plot:

A woman flies to France to confront her straying fiancé, but gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.

Plot Keywords:

Fear Of Flying | Cannes | France | Canada | Thief

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Meg Ryan	...	Kate
Kevin Kline	...	Luc Teyssier
Timothy Hutton	...	Charlie
Jean Reno	...	Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon
François Cluzet	...	Bob
Suzan Anbeh	...	Juliette
Renée Humphrey	...	Lilly
Michael Riley	...	M. Campbell
Laurent Spielvogel	...	Concierge
Victor Garrivier	...	Octave
Elisabeth Commelin	...	Claire (as Elizabeth Commelin)
Julie Leibowitch	...	Olivia
Miquel Brown	...	Sgt. Patton
Louise Deschamps	...	Jean-Paul's Girl
Olivier Curdy	...	Jean-Paul's Boy

Also Known As:

Paris Match

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality, language and drug references.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33776) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:12 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

American Embassy - 2 Avenue Gabriel, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

As closing credits roll, Kate asks Luc to sign "that Bobby Darin song" and then begins to actually sing it... "Somewhere..." and Luc corrects her to state that it is a French song and begins to sing it in French, "La Mer". That song was originally written by Charles Trenet (May 18, 1913 - February 19, 2001), and then translated to English and recorded by Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936 - December 20, 1973).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Kate stops Charlie while they are making out on the bed, he says "Maybe I was afraid of getting married." When Kate responds with "Charlie, You weren't afraid of getting married to her", her lips aren't moving until the last three words of the sentence.

Quotes:

Kate: Why weren't you the one, Charlie? The one who turned on this big shiny Kate-light that burns so bright?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Getaway: Seven Wonders of the World (#15.11)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

La Vie En Rose

How can anybody NOT like this movie??

A truly funny piece. It's the one we get out of our collection when we just want to sit down and watch something familiar, funny and just NICE.

Meg Ryan reveals herself as a true comedienne and Kevin Kline is the funniest Frenchman you ever loved to hate. So what if we know exactly what's going to happen? That's the way with romantic comedies, as it is with most 'genre' movies. Even after having seen it at least a dozen times, we still laugh when Ryan sneaks up on her absconded fiancee and his new girlfriend and in the process causes major havoc in a posh French cafe; or when Kevin Kline tells her how the uptight nature of the Americans makes his 'ass twitch'.