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Shall We Kiss?

True love is a complicated affair.

2007 · 1h 40m · Unrated Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret

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Overview

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

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78%
Tomatometer
Fresh

More quirky than wacky, this winning comedy only hits its romantic high when we return to that framing story, the storyteller who won't casually kiss because she knows, damn well, there's no such thing as a casual 'French' kiss.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

Mouret is the cinematic offspring of Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer. From the former he takes the actor-director presenting himself as neurotic but satisfying lover; from the latter he absorbs the pleasure of extended talk. Mouret's talk is enjoyable, but i

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh

This quintessentially French bonbon is both sweet and dry, with just enough complexity to confound the fast-food appetite.

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh

[A] delightful and deeply satisfying French confection.

Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Fresh

Impossibly charming and impossibly French, Shall We Kiss? is a comic romance full of rueful musings about fidelity and true love.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

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