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In the delightful romantic comedy Green Card, Georges (Gérard Depardieu), a composer and one-time petty thief who grew up in poverty, attempts to escape his life in Paris and begin anew in America by illegally marrying Bronte (Andie MacDowell), a prim and repressed young lady from a privileged life in Connecticut. Bronte, who has agreed to the scheme for her own self-serving reasons, is exasperated when the Immigration & Naturalisation Service investigates their case, and she and Georges, whom she detests, must spend time together studying each other's lives to avoid disaster. The fallout is infinitely better handled than any run-of-the-mill Hollywood romantic comedy, and the very ending itself stops deliciously short of where Hollywood would feel compelled to drag the story. Fine performances are given by MacDowell, Depardieu--who is fiercely charming pounding the keyboard of a Steinway at an upper class Manhattan dinner party--and Bebe Neuwirth, who is perfect as an upper-class child turned artist who revels in her irresponsibility. --James McGrath, Amazon.com
DVD Description
DVD Description Feature Length: 100 mins Approx
Widescreen Format: 1.85:1
Language: Dolby Digital 5.1: English / Spanish
Subtitles: English, English for hard of hearing, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Colour
Widescreen Format: 1.85:1
Language: Dolby Digital 5.1: English / Spanish
Subtitles: English, English for hard of hearing, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Colour
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Green Card is the perfect film to watch when you want to spend a night in your loved one. A great date movie with an unlikely leading couple that you will laugh along with. I watched it on original release in the cinema and still enjoy watching it again and again. You will be glad you bought this film and wondered why on earth it took you so long. Buy it NOW.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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'Written, produced and directed by Peter Weir'. That sounds about as much control as Woody Allen could boast (usually actor rather than producer in his case). From Aussie Peter Weir you get a winning odd couple romance devoid of sentimentality and with an Enya soundtrack which discreetly reminds one of the '80s.
French legend Depardieu is Georges, the one seeking the elusive Green Card. His marriage to the absurdly named Bronte (MacDowell) is one of mutual convenience - she wants to get round one of the city's demanding co-op boards and secure a lovely flat with a greenhouse - but when questions begin being asked they have one weekend to get their stories straight before finally being rid of each other.
Perhaps calling this a romance is wrong because it's more about the creation of intimacy, albeit under exceptional circumstances. In a sense a bit like method-acting preparation dramatized. Everything is delightfully subconscious as opposed to restrained. Depardieu is hugely likeable and it's nice to see Bebe Neuwirth with some colour in her cheeks. MacDowell is way better here than in Four Weddings but still in some respects not a born actress. If anything is wanting it is more conversation, more debate and argument, maybe a longer time span to make it truly believable.
Not much mentioned in rundowns of the grest romantic flicks, but more rewarding than something like Lost In Translation, I'd say. If you'd forgotten about Green Card it's time you got reacquainted.
French legend Depardieu is Georges, the one seeking the elusive Green Card. His marriage to the absurdly named Bronte (MacDowell) is one of mutual convenience - she wants to get round one of the city's demanding co-op boards and secure a lovely flat with a greenhouse - but when questions begin being asked they have one weekend to get their stories straight before finally being rid of each other.
Perhaps calling this a romance is wrong because it's more about the creation of intimacy, albeit under exceptional circumstances. In a sense a bit like method-acting preparation dramatized. Everything is delightfully subconscious as opposed to restrained. Depardieu is hugely likeable and it's nice to see Bebe Neuwirth with some colour in her cheeks. MacDowell is way better here than in Four Weddings but still in some respects not a born actress. If anything is wanting it is more conversation, more debate and argument, maybe a longer time span to make it truly believable.
Not much mentioned in rundowns of the grest romantic flicks, but more rewarding than something like Lost In Translation, I'd say. If you'd forgotten about Green Card it's time you got reacquainted.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I saw this film when it came out and then again and again ... and again. In my opinion it's one of the greatest romantic comedies of its era. It's funny and really hits you in the heart too...
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