Une femme de ménage (aka The Housekeeper) (2002)

Rating: * * * * (out of 5)

I love films that care about characters more than plots. In fact, I usually don't like movies which have strong plotlines.

I love those scenes that observe, like when the guy eyes a woman in a jazz club but does not approach her, and then later on, where he unsuccessfully tries to chat up a woman at a cafe. Those little scenes tell us so much about that character, but to the audience who are used to being told what to think, these observation scenes may seem too dull.

There isn't much plot in Une femme de ménage and there are a lot of people who find it boring, slow, or just plain a waste of time. Just read the customer reviews of this film on Netflix. By the way, reading those customer reviews on Netflix has become one of my favorite things to do when I am bored. I love reading negative reviews of the films I like, like this one, and then very pretentiously think that those people just don't get it.

My pick of the Netflix comment: "Exceedingly dull and not the least bit funny, this movie fails on many levels. Underdeveloped characters make weird decisions and are bummed when they don't work out. So what."