Up for Love (2016)

A lawyer dating a dashing, wealthy architect four and a half feet tall gets ribbed by her family, employees and jealous ex about his stature.

Director:

Laurent Tirard

Writers:

Marcos Carnevale (original screenplay: Corazon de Leon), Laurent Tirard (adaptation)

Stars:

Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Dujardin	...	Alexandre
Virginie Efira	...	Diane Duchêne
Cédric Kahn	...	Bruno Cassoni
Stéphanie Papanian	...	Coralie, l'assistante de Diane et Bruno
César Domboy	...	Benji
Edmonde Franchi	...	Monique, la femme de ménage
Manoëlle Gaillard	...	Nicole, la mère de Diane
Bruno Gomila	...	Philippe, le beau-père de Diane
Camille Damour	...	Serveur Monte Cristo
François-Dominique Blin	...	Sébastien, le pilote
Christian Valsamidis	...	L'ami de Diane
Bruno Hausler	...	Technicien informatique
Christiane Conil	...	Simone, la patronne du resto clandestin
Marc Bonzom	...	Serveur resto clandestin
Éric Berger	...	Arnaud

Storyline

Diane is a well-known lawyer, divorced for three years. She loses her mobile telephone and receives a call from the person who finds it. That person is Alexandre, a charming man and the perfect gentleman. They make a connection over the phone and agree to meet up the following day. But when Alexandre arrives, there's a surprise in store when Diane discovers he is only 4' 6" tall. From that moment on, Diane tries to overcome the prejudices of society and her own fears to experience the best time of her life...

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | remake | hit by a car | cyclist | art gallery | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont [France] Official site [Germany]

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

4 May 2016 (France)

Also Known As:

Up for Love

Filming Locations:

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

VVZ Productions, Gaumont, M6 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jean Dujardin was shortened with different camera tricks like being shot from above, on his knees or sitting on a wheeled stool. During his dialogue scenes with Virginie Efira, which were often shot without these tricks, he had to look up (thus above her head) while she had to look down (at his chest).

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Goofs

When he gets out of his car, he is taller than the car, although he should be shorter with his 1,36m.

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Crazy Credits

During the title credits, some letters are taller and some are smaller, mirroring the theme of the movie.

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Connections

Features Bon voyage (2003)

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Soundtracks

Let Me Break Down
by Emilie Gassin

User Reviews

The 4 points all go to Virginie Efira

Yet another failed French Comedy. This decade has not been kind for French Cinema and comedies are pretty catastrophic. This one is no exception.

The main issue to enjoy this movie is suspension of disbelief : the special effects used for Jean Dujardin to become a small man just don't work. They're incredibly botched: Dujardin looks inserted into every scene, nothing flows naturally and, most importantly, he doesn't look like a short man, he looks like a shrunk man. There's a difference and it's a big one. He looks like somebody kneeling, he looks like somebody you put on a smaller chair and in SFX he looks shrunk to 60%

So one can never get into the movie simply because it doesn't look right.

And then you have to go through a fairly ridiculous Rom Com, quite by the books hence predictable, not funny for a single moment and not charming for another.

With the exception of Efira...who's just great. But even her charm and wits can not save this movie. Pass Pass Pass