"Heartbreaker"

Great concept: Don't want your daughter or, sister to marry her current intended? Hire this guy, Alex,played by Romain Duris, to intervene and break up the relationship. His caveat: he won't break up a romance in which the girl is really happy. (Nor for religious reasons.) The father of Juliette (played by Vanessa Paradis: engaged to a very nice, rich, good looking young man) hires Alex to prevent the marriage, which is only 10 days away. Alex's usually infallible method is to ingratiate himself with the young lady in question (but doesn't have sex with her) by all kind of subterfuge, after investigation into her likes and dislikes, habits and disposition. (She loves "Dirty Dancing?" Alex learns the steps, and "accidentally" drops the CD in front of her.)He has a small team of confederates who assist him in his disguises and performance, as the situation requires. I laughed often, but somehow,I can't offer the accolades to this French farce (subtitled, of course) as much as some of the critics have done. I can't put my finger on it ( possibly because it seemed disjointed, with what seemed like too many very short vignettes, sort of like Saturday Nght Live (?) skits, and the ending was really cliche, which may have been done intentionally to spoof itself?) Anyway, a grudging THREE STARS.