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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe New York TimesAmy NicholsonFrench Girl is a love triangle farce that’s mostly set in Quebec City but takes place on Planet Rom-com where bipedal characters act out in ways that rarely resemble human behavior.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiFrench Girl’s crude and at times infantile slapstick humour is offset by livelier beats between the cast, whose cross-cultural banter is littered with flashes of genuine wit.
- 42Original-CinChris KnightOriginal-CinChris KnightUltimately, what sinks the story is a combination of miscasting and bad writing, regardless of its language. Braff tries too hard to be likeable, sometimes coming off as almost creepy. Hudgens leans the other way.
- 40VarietyLisa KennedyVarietyLisa KennedyFor every inventive or simply satisfying rom-com, there are dozens of clumsy, rote ones — French Girl falls among the latter.