muons This is a Canadian equivalent of a Disney movie with cartoonish characters and a paper-thin plot. With the sheer predictability of the story and the quality of jokes, its target audience seems more like pre-teens than adults. Except for the unemployment, nothing seems real in the remote, godforsaken Quebec village which serves as the setting. If lack of profanity, sex and violence is sufficient to qualify as a good movie then this is the one. However, with jokes that could be seen coming a mile away, this movie is a perfect example to problems with French comedies including their North American cousins.

ustinovquinnconnery This film has just run on TV in Australia (on SBS with sub-titles of course). I laughed out loud. Canada Francophone you do not have a monopoly in enjoying this delightful film.Here we are fanatics about sport generally and Cricket in particular: that part was even funnier. Perhaps some of the verbal jokes did not come through the sub-titles but there is a great deal of wonderful whimsy that does.The village setting is fascinating. It is geography unknown to this part of the world; I gather the real village is well known.The characters are greatly inviting, and with a light touch the story leaves the audience with the question about the pretty girl!

malclondon When I got this film home with it's English title of Seducing Dr Lewis, I was unaware that it was subtitled. (Didn't say anywhere on the DVD sleeve and even the shop owners were unaware).However, within minutes of watching, I was hooked. The plot may seem predictable but the film is immensely enjoyable and you soon forget it's subtitled. There is a gentle humour and a great feel about the location.It is set in the Quebec area of Canada and filmed on a small island which was once a thriving fishing village. The plot revolves around the need to replace the old industry to revitalise the town.Very enjoyable. One for a quiet night in.

MartinHafer This was a cute slice of life comedy that in so many ways reminds me of the earlier film, WAKING NED DEVINE. Both are set in very small villages and both concern all the townspeople trying to "pull one over on the outsider" in order to benefit the beleaguered town.In this case, though, there is no lottery money. Instead, the dying town is trying to lure a doctor into moving there because a plastics factory said they might build a location there IF the town had a doctor and at least 200 residents. This is all necessary because the fishing industry is in the dumps and all the working men are on relief.Well, they have less than 200, but are able to pretend to have more by way of having residents run between the local restaurant and church when the factory rep comes for a visit. As far as a doctor goes, the going gets a lot tougher. The town is in the middle of nowhere and only one doctor answers their call, so they decide to do EVERYTHING they can to make sure he loves the town. This leads to some very cute moments, as they literally spy on him in order to convince him to stay. They hear that he loves cricket, so they form a fake cricket league even though they don't know the rules and their uniforms are made of long underwear. But they know this isn't enough to convince him, so they bug his phone and listen to his conversations with his girlfriend back in Montreal to find clues as to what he thinks about the town. For instance, shortly after he arrives he tells her he's dying to beef stroganoff and when he later goes to the restaurant for dinner, they are sure that's on the menu.Later they find out by bugging his phone that his long-time girlfriend is breaking up with him. They are THRILLED, as this is his only real tie back to Canada. However, as it looks more and more likely he will stay, the larcenous but basically decent people of the town have second thoughts. They begin to like him too much to enjoy his sorrow and realize maybe it isn't worth continuing the charade. See the movie yourself to see exactly how it turns out in the end.The movie is inventive and cute, though not exactly super original. I really liked how the movie was made up of people who seemed like simple people, not actors. I also admired the film for its quirky sense of humor. It would actually be nice to see a follow-up to this film involving these same town.