I could have sworn I saw this when it came out, but I think I'm thinking of that Vanessa Paradis movie Priceless. I kind of wish I'd watched that instead; this has some good performances, especially by Gad Elmaleh, but it's undercooked. It's a rom-com in which no one falls in love; the one character who is presumably already in love realizes this when the object of her affection lies to her, makes her jealous, and offers her money. SUPER…

Some elements of this are hilariously bad (most of the acting and dialogue, some of the camera work), while others are really impressive for a movie of any budget (the creature effects!). I'm tempted to say the creature effects are TOO good for this film, but there are a few moments of creative insanity that actually bring the film up to the level of the special effects, however briefly.

Mostly this movie made me laugh at our ideas about what…