Priceless (2006) starring Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh. Gold-digger Irene (Tautou) mistakes bartender Jean (Elmaleh) for a rich man and sleeps with him. When she finds out he's just a working stiff, she drops him like a hot potato. But he continues to pursue her. Irene goes along with it, quickly draining him of all his savings, then telling him goodbye. But the plot thickens, as Jean acquires a sugar-momma of his own. For some reason, Jean can't stop loving Irene, even though she is a rather foul creature. No one is more surprised than I am to find that I didn't like Audrey Tautou's character in this movie, and thus found it hard to root for her to fall in love. Elmaleh, on the other hand, is an appealing guy and I did find myself rooting for him. All in all, an amusing, if not great, film. In French, with English subtitles. Grade: B-
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