The Big Picture

"Part thriller, part character study and part Gallicized American dream gone wrong, the pic also blends in some romance..."

"Who would have thought a bottle of Cloudy Bay wine would cause so much trouble?"

"Less a traditional chase thriller, more a study of self-reinvention..."

"The excellent Romain Duris reverts from the rom-com hero of Heartbreaker to his previous darker characters (as in The Beat that My Heart Skipped and Dans Paris), playing a man for whom tragedy provides an unexpected opportunity to become someone completely new. Provoking the universal question of "What would I do in this situation?", the story races from one tense episode to the next, making it difficult to watch without a constant tightening in the stomach."

"Pushed to the edge, and over..."

"Good film, bad ending"

"The film, brilliantly cast and making effective use of locations in Paris, Brittany and Montenegro, is as spellbinding as Minghella's film [The Talented Mr Ripley]..."

"A few plot holes hold back what is otherwise a well cast and compelling picture."