Heartbreaker (2010)
Directed by Pascal Chaumeil
Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.
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It’s also awash in American and British pop culture by way of Dirty Dancing (1987) and George Michael—and the film itself appears not to feel superior to these elements, though in the case of Dirty Dancing and George Michael, it probably should.
To fully appreciate the pleasures of Pascal Chaumeil’s debut feature, Heartbreaker, it helps to know—and love—Dirty Dancing.
Her love for the movie, “Dirty Dancing,” its sexy choreography and the music of the band Wham are fodder for Alex’s arsenal of weapon of marital destruction.
Duris rams his way through Paradis’ formidable defenses in large part by pretending to share her love for George Michael and learning/mastering all of the choreography from Dirty Dancing, her favorite movie.
The film portrays love as just a matter of finding out that the other person likes Dirty Dancing.
Duris has to pretend to love Dirty Dancing, and the whole film is really his and Paradis' love tango.