American romantic comedies have become so dismal over the past 20 years that it wouldn’t be hard for even the Romanian film industry to show us up. I’m still waiting for the great Romanian romantic comedy (and hey, it could be out there), but for now, France saves the day with Heartbreaker, in which French-cinema heartthrob Romain Duris plays cupid in reverse: Friends and family members of women in lousy relationships hire him and his two-person team to incite a breakup. Duris’s character, a just-scruffy-enough smoothie named Alex, moves in on these women, flattering them, charming them, and otherwise boosting their confidence to help launch them out of these unhappy unions and get them on the road to better ones.
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REVIEW: Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris Sparkle in Romcom-Done-Right Heartbreaker
