Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

gerry-taylor-537-121512 HiThis is a great film I cannot understand the low score, some of the earlier reviewers got the point some missed it.Its the story of a redundant woman who goes to work for the trader who helped close down the firm she worked for.I's about class struggle, family , globalization,love, powerless of the individual.And also it dose n't really take sides as it shows the trader as a victim too.Might be the best film I've seen in the past year.Gerry

secondtake My Piece of the Pie (2011)You're going to want to like this movie because at first it seems like a love story waiting to happen, then it seems like the perfect revenge story waiting to happen. But neither is quite true, and the pieces never quite hang together for a great totality.The conflict is built around an unlikely but likable coincidence—a man hires a woman to take care of his apartment and child and it turns out she once worked for a company he helped ruin. That is, she's stuck cleaning houses because of him. That's something withheld in fact until near the end of the movie, but you see it coming, and the clash of cultures is there even as they tentatively fall in love (at least physically).This kind of meeting of spirits in unlikely ways is good foundation. And the woman in particular is a complex, interesting type, well acted. So the whole unfolding is pretty fun, and there are some quirks and personalities as you go that make it believable even when it shouldn't be.What happens near the end is a climax that should have been terrific, a kind of great resolution and happy conclusion. But it's more ambitious than the director can pull off and it comes off stumbling and almost ludicrous, even though you know what the intentions are. I picture it in their heads as a beautiful final finale, and ideally it would have been astounding. Just be prepared for a sudden turn of events by the end and a deflation.Or just don't worry and go for the ride. The process of getting there is fairly enjoyable, as is. It's a lightweight movie overall with an air of improbability that is meant to make you smile. Maybe it will.

tronyfree This movie starts out as a pleasant French romantic/comedy along the lines of "Pretty Woman" and "Maid in Manhattan" and you're lead to believe the villain will redeem himself and the heroine will win her man,much like Julia Roberts did with Richard Gere. It doesn't end up so,leaving one with a very disquieting feeling at the end as if the rug has been pulled out from under you.Maybe this is supposed to reflect the way the real world works,but after the wonderful initial set up,in the end you do feel like you've been set up.It inevitably seems under written with a need for a final chapter.Until it shifts gears though, it works,and you feel like you're in for another classic French romance.Even up to the very end you feel like it will shift back to it's light comedy form and everybody ends up happy,(American films do it all the time)but it steers it's way down a darker path of questionable value. I would still recommend this film just for the performance of Karin Viard,who plays France.

strawberrybear-818-862925 Apologies for the short review but I felt I needed to react to the few other reviews.I really loved the movie and recognised Klapish's style straight away. The actors act just right and give a really good depth to the characters. The dialogues are excellent and especially the conversations at the boring drinks with other financiers/traders were as if they were taken from my own experience! My only criticism, SPOILER, is that I thought the end was a bit too fast and a bit too much of a shortcut. I am not sure if it is laziness but a few more minutes would have been good.That said the fact I didn't want it to end just shows how enjoyable this movie is!