This is another of those extra-light souffles the French turn out so effortlessly and which, like Domestic champagne, slip down easily on their own turf but seldom travel well. There's absolutely no reason why distributors would want to import this, none of the three leading actresses have much of, if any at all, a following outside France despite boasting three very respectable CVs. This is yet another take on our old fried the mid-life crisis as it applies to three thirty-something girls who have been friends since childhood, doctor, Judith Godreche, lawyer Mathilde Seigner and Indian chief Anne Parilllaud. Not a lot happens, they go shopping, go drinking, indulge in girl talk, have affairs or not as the case may be but they do it with panache, it's pleasant to watch and entirely forgettable. 6 stars.
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