Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

momsroo I caught this movie quite by accident one night while watching someone else's satellite TV. Had never heard of it, so I was able to view it with no preconceptions. I was completely charmed. Jean Reno and Juliette Binoche have an effortless chemistry that's completely believable. Their two characters find themselves uneasily sharing a hotel room for one night, waiting for transportation snafus to be cleared up. Her Rose is a little ditsy but not offensively stupid, and his Felix is self-absorbed but not enough to make him unlikable. The peeling away of defenses is a predictable plot device; but the dialog, along with the grace and skill of the leads, nonetheless kept me interested. It helps that they're so easy to watch: she's gorgeous with or without makeup, and he is far sexier than his less-than- classic-looks would have led me to believe. A bonus is the always-excellent Sergi Lopez in a small, typically sinister role.Most of the French films I've seen have struck me as self-important and/or one-dimensional; I have no such objections to this one. I characterize Jet Lag as cotton-candy entertainment: utterly unsubstantial, yet fluffy and tasty enough to leave me wanting more.

MartinHafer This is a creative film with an interesting premise that unfortunately doesn't exactly make sense in how the whole film is resolved in the end. Jean Reno and Juliette Binoche are travelers who are stuck at the airport during both a strike and bad weather. As the film unfolds, the lives of these two strangers intertwines and you slowly begin to see what a mess they have made of their lives. The contrived aspect of this is that the viewer KNOWS exactly where all this is going and it isn't exactly surprising that these two very different people were destined to fall in love--something that if you think about it made no sense at all since they were so different. After all, she is the child of two ardent Communists and he is a self-involved rich Capitalist! So, no matter how good the dialog and acting are, the film is stuck in the average range. It still is worth seeing but is ultimately too predictable to be a better film.FYI--Like many contemporary French films, this one has some very brief nudity, language and adult themes, so think twice before letting your younger kids see this one. It's probably fine for older teens.

LeRoyMarko Simple romantic comedy starring two of France best actors, Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno. The plot is simple: a man and woman meet at the airport while waiting for their flight. One is trying to get to Munich, the other to Acapulco. Stuck at the terminal, they continually stumble on each other. Soon enough they'll be spending the night together, but not in the way you think. Both Reno and Binoche have played in better films, but they still deliver a pretty solid performance. A great way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon inside. Seen at home, in Toronto, on October 22nd, 2006.72/100 (**)

Kevin Dennis (ksdennis) French films are characterized by dialog and this film is no exception. The setting is clever - not really a modern adaptation of The VIP's, but on that order (and more down to earth). The situation is funny and, in the cell phone era, one to which we might all relate. (Of course, I assume not many people lose their cell phones à la Juliette Binoche.)A fan of both Binoche and Reno, I find both charming and the chemistry between them very real. Binoche's beautician is also far more interesting, and less stereotypified, than American film portrayals (Fran Drescher, Dolly Parton, Jennifer Coolidge...)Not one of the great French films by any means, but I still give this one 8/10.