"French Kiss" is a light comedy caper and romance. The humor is sparse and the caper is two-fold. The idea for the plot is good, but the screenplay is very weak and pitiful in places. A good script could have made this a rollicking comedy or a much better comedy-romance. As it is, the romantic aspect is far out and too hard to believe.
Meg Ryan plays Kate, who takes off for Europe in pursuit of her fiancé who has gone astray. On a business trip, he meets a French girl, supposedly falls in love and sets a wedding date with her. Yes, far out.
The saving aspect of the film comes totally from Kevin Kline who plays Luc Teyssier. One suspects that Kline took the role in such an otherwise poor screenplay solely for the chance to play the Frenchman, with solid French accent in his English. Kline is one of the best actors at being able to play various languages and their accents in English. And, his character is the only one with any substance in this film - and not that much at that.
It's a light comedy romance with some good scenery in France. Otherwise, it's soon forgettable after viewing.
Meg Ryan plays Kate, who takes off for Europe in pursuit of her fiancé who has gone astray. On a business trip, he meets a French girl, supposedly falls in love and sets a wedding date with her. Yes, far out.
The saving aspect of the film comes totally from Kevin Kline who plays Luc Teyssier. One suspects that Kline took the role in such an otherwise poor screenplay solely for the chance to play the Frenchman, with solid French accent in his English. Kline is one of the best actors at being able to play various languages and their accents in English. And, his character is the only one with any substance in this film - and not that much at that.
It's a light comedy romance with some good scenery in France. Otherwise, it's soon forgettable after viewing.