How is it that only the French male can be attractive and ugly at the same time?Step forward Monsieur J-P Belmondo,M.Yves Montand,M.Charles Aznavour,M.Fernandel.....no.all right,he's just ugly,but the others have the certain something that appeals to women(and some blokes) all over the world.M.Gerard Depardieu is not only ugly he is distinctly chunky - quite fat actually, without wishing to legitimise sizeist stereotyping.However I am reliably informed that far from being a cheese-eating surrender monkey he is widely regarded as thinking-woman's crumpet. In "Green Card" he plays a French avant-garde composer living in New York. He wants to stay,the Immigration Service would rather he didn't. In order to ensure his "Right to Remain" status he engages in a marriage of convenience with slightly weird Miss Andie Mcdowell.In a splendid quid pro quo she needs to be married to get a roof garden(It's New York,go figure).Everybody's happy then?Well,not quite,that nasty I.N.S.are to conduct an enquiry into their marriage.Zut alors!What's a garcon to do? Prove to the I.N.S. that he and his femme are in love of course.Bien sur.Get ready to book your flight back to Paris,France,Monsieur. M.Depardieu is an elemental force of nature,Miss Mcdowell a little staid.What follows is a comedy of errors with high stakes for both of them. "Green Card" relies mainly on M.Depardieu's Gallic charm,Miss Mcdowell being,frankly,a little underwhelming,and he carries it off with no little panache.If I were she I would keep a close eye on him once he'd got his carte verte.
Review of Green Card
