The strange
story of Alex, a professional heartbreaker (he is actually paid to break bad
relationships by seducing various unfortunate women), latest assignment.
The best
rom com in quite a while, certainly last year best, “The heartbreaker” is an
extremely traditional example of his genre. All the usual staples are present,
including the infamous “Mad dash at the end to declare unending love” luckily
not at the airport this time, but they are all simply very well executed. There
is a reason the rom com formula is still so strong after dozens of terrible
Jennifer Aniston vehicles, when it’s done right it work wonderfully.
This movie
comes from France, and it starts Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Depp fiancée, as the
romantic lead. Probably that’s the reason it manages to be so traditional and
so refreshing at the same time. The latest Hollywood examples have been so
prone to the various stupid fashions that they are getting increasingly
unwatchable. Judd Apatow is making ton of money with stoner comedies? Now every
Hollywood comedy got a stoner character!
This is
really stupid, as “The Heartbreaker” proves you just need funny lines and some
sympathetic characters to makes a good movie, the rest is just padding.
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