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Green Card (1990)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 6/25

6/25: Green Card is a romantic comedy?

Hm, I didn't feel much of either. Peter Weir's writing isn't witty or screwball enough with a lot of bland scenes. When the ending came with Brontë (Andie MacDowell) showing love for Georges (Gérard Depardieu), it wasn't credible. She's more like, "Oh, all right...let's make believe for five minutes." By the way, her reason to be married is extremely stupid. Why she couldn't do that with Phil is never explained.

It's Gérard Depardieu's first Hollywood picture after making his mark in France and then Europe. Whatever the negatives have been, it's not his fault but rather Andie MacDowell's. They're a mismatch. She's too uptight and standoffish for Gérard Depardieu to stretch his range spontaneously. It's easy to tell he was more comfortable with Bebe Neuwirth by being on the same wavelength.

This green card stuff is weird. I understand the marriage stuff and so on, but a white Frenchman? There shouldn't be any issues. How about replacing Gérard Depardieu with somebody from Rwanda, Somalia, or Chezhen? Now, that'll be a challenge. I can't imagine the need to memorize so many aspects about the significant other, and I'm sure some of them are still a total mystery.

All in all, Andie MacDowell was the wrong choice for Gérard Depardieu in Green Card.

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