Six Days, Seven Nights Details

Although she detests the “woman director” tag, Diane Kurys has forged her reputation by focusing on modern women and their problems. However, the naturalistic style and keen, witty social insights for which she is renowned are notably absent from this disappointing outing that was released in France as A la Folie. Indeed, there's a distinct shortage of tension and sexual ambiguity in this otherwise carefully constructed tale of female rivalry, as Béatrice Dalle abandons her family in a bid to destroy artist Anne Parillaud's romance with Patric Aurignac. An intriguing premise, but it's undermined by the slack scripting and inconsistent acting.

A romantic comedy so obvious in its outcome that an audience can sleep through most of it without missing anything of interest.