Movies Similar to The Housekeeper (2002)

	Mel M.

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Reading the plot summary on the back cover you think you know where this is going. However, this very french treatment of an old premise keeps the story fresh. The middle aged soon-to-be divorced Jacques is played to perfection by Bacri as a man renavigating life on his own. The fresh young ingenue isn't you're cookie cutter fantasy figure. Both characters are portrayed realistically and without Hollywood's usual spins. Not a typical date movie, but one that's worth a rent if you're looking for something 'more'.

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	Ronald R.

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http://rdrutherfordmoviereviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/housekeeper-2002.html It might be more appropriately called "No Rest for the Wicked". It is classic case of girl is the first to fall in love but it becomes transitory and the new love feel is lost by the next good looking thing to come along. In the end Jacques is surrounded by countless people on a French beach but utterly alone, except for maybe his new friend that also recently was divorced which is the mother of the boy that is courting Laura. But the French do love their intermingling complicated relations. A sequel would be just as funny along those lines. The ex-wife does also try to complicate his life in constantly calling and not talking and then finally showing up after Jacques and Laura had made love. A shallow but funny movie on several levels. Just average at 2.5

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	Denny And Constance D.

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this film was enjoyable but was pretty predictable. worth an evening's viewing on a cold winter night.

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