Jet Lag
by Daniele Thompson
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Actor: Jean Reno, Juliette BinocheDirector: Daniele Thompson
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Writer: Daniele Thompson
Producer: Alain Sarde
Writer: Christopher Thompson
Writer: Eric Serra
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
Published: 2004-01-01
DVD Release Date: 2012-01-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Jet Lag
Movie Review: American films about relationships should be this good
Summary: 5 Stars
Two people with nothing in common stuck at an airport? I know it might sound kinda boring, but this film has much more going on under the surface, much like our 2 main characters.
Don't be fooled by the "oh we're having so much fun" (which I am assuming is an American-ized) dvd cover, and if you've seen the American/English preview, it is just as misleading.
Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno serve wonderful performances as two people who are struggling with their very livestyles and personal problems. Initially they are not impressed with the other person but as this story grows, so does their realization that a book cannot be judged by its cover.
It is exciting watching them challenge one another, and each character takes what they have learned in order to find the courage to take giant steps in improving their lives.
I would not call this a comedy, nor a drama. Its a "dramedy", more like. Funny at points, dramatic, sad, romantic, and real. If you dislike the rubbish that Hollywood churns out, please check out this film. C'est magnifique!
Summary of Jet Lag
Oscar winner Juliette Binoche (Best Supporting Actress, The English Patient, 1996; Chocolat) and Jean Reno (Ronin; The Professional) soar together in a wonderfully fun and sexy comedy where opposites don't just attract, they collide! Pampered beauty queen Rose (Binoche) and over-stressed insomaniac Felix (Reno) have only one thing in common: they're through with bad relationships and have both sworn off the opposite sex. So when an airline strike grounds these total strangers together in Paris- and they're forced to share the last available hotel room in town- neither can wait to leave the other behind. But the more they try to go their separate ways, the more obvious it becomes that there's no place else they'd rather be!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
A glammed-up Juliette Binoche and a slimmed-down Jean Reno are the main attractions in this very slight comedy--sort of a Planes, Trains, and Automobiles without the trains and automobiles. After they meet repeatedly at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris, beautician Binoche and chef Reno decide to share an airport hotel room during a layover. She's a self-dramatizing chatterbox with a fondness for make-up and perfume; he's a fussy neurotic who can't stand artificial fragrances. They've just met and they're headed to different parts of the globe, but still... could this be... amour? Director Daniele Thompson, whose previous feature, La Buche, was a much more entertaining effort, would like it to be so. But the setting gets monotonous and the stakes never seem terribly urgent. Without the Chocolat smile of Binoche and the uniquely rough-and-tumble coolness of Reno, this one would never get off the ground at all. --Robert Horton
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