However his latest case is his toughest yet, tasked with splitting up wealthy heiress Juliette Van Der Beck (Paradis) and her philanthropist fiancee Jonathan (Andrew Lincoln). Not only are they getting married in ten days time, it’s clear they are perfectly happy together. Too bad, because Alex has some burly debt-collectors after him and this is his only way out.With the set-up in place, it’s fairly obvious how the film will play out. While it’s an entertaining film, it doesn’t attempt anything too original within the rom-com genre.

 

It actually comes across as more American than French, with Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night clearly a big inspiration for first time director Pascal Chaumeil.I liked how Jonathan wasn’t stereotyped and made to look like a douchebag. It would have been easy to give him some dirty secret which undermined his"Mr Perfect"status and get us rooting for Alex.Instead the developing romance between Alex and Juliette has to hold up on its own terms