1st off Michael is a widower, American living in Pars, a Philosophy Professor who was of course teaching at a top ivy league college. No one can teach in the Univ of Penn, or Michigan. Get tenure at any decent college is challenging. His accent is awful. really awful. Like an English is a 2nd language person who speaks good English. Couldn't he be an Englishman, who married an American and went to USA to teach. How come no one notices the bad accent, when casting and showing 1st scenes. Michael is a seasoned professional, didn't he listen to himself?
There are other problems, with the characters and the plot development. but I prefer not to give any spoilers.
it really is rather slow- and very sentimental (which means melodramatic, over the top)
not a spoiler, but for instance, Parisian Clemence speaks very good English, but Micheal corrects her a few times, which would be understandable for someone who didn't speak well. For instance "faites" in French, is making or doing, so English could be doing or making depending on the action. She explained she speaks English well because her father, who she was close to, was American. so if she grew up speaking, she would know the correct English verb & phrases. Someone thought this "charming"interlude should go into the dialogue, not 1X but 3X.
it kind of meandered, so that I didn't know where they were going. Not a good thing.
While sure, the Widower missed the love of his life, only gone 3 years, but these too many wonky scenes with him talking to his dead wife, didn't make for a good story.
There are other problems, with the characters and the plot development. but I prefer not to give any spoilers.
it really is rather slow- and very sentimental (which means melodramatic, over the top)
not a spoiler, but for instance, Parisian Clemence speaks very good English, but Micheal corrects her a few times, which would be understandable for someone who didn't speak well. For instance "faites" in French, is making or doing, so English could be doing or making depending on the action. She explained she speaks English well because her father, who she was close to, was American. so if she grew up speaking, she would know the correct English verb & phrases. Someone thought this "charming"interlude should go into the dialogue, not 1X but 3X.
it kind of meandered, so that I didn't know where they were going. Not a good thing.
While sure, the Widower missed the love of his life, only gone 3 years, but these too many wonky scenes with him talking to his dead wife, didn't make for a good story.