Comme t'y es belle! (2006)
Directed by Lisa Azuelos

Film Review

A characteristically Gallic variant on a theme that had been done to death in such TV shows as Absolutely Fabulous and Sex and the City, Comme t'y es belle appears to be hopelessly caricatured, despite the spirited contributions from its lead performers.  For her second film, director Lisa Azuelos seems to be obsessed with how things were in the hectic nineties, when women were (apparently) intent on having it all: career, family and string of lovers.  Had the film been made in the mid-nineties, it might just have been funny.  Today, it feels stilted and distinctly unfunny.

Film Synopsis

Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina are four Jewish friends who each has a complicated love life.  40-something Isa runs a beauty salon and has difficulty juggling her work with her children, ex-husband, babysitter and new boyfriend.  Alice appears to be the model housewife who appears willing to put up with all of her husband's caprices.  Léa is a fashion victim who has yet to get over a painful separation.  Nina, the youngest, flaunts her youth and beauty, but seems stuck on one man, Simon.   It isn't easy being a woman...