Monte Carlo

2011 "She's having the time of someone else's life."
5.8| 1h49m| PG| en
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Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Dan I'm usually not the person who enjoys these kind of movies, but this in particular I found to be very enjoyable. Yes the mistaken identity plot of the story is not new, however what matters is how it was approached.Shot beautifully on location it feels the atmosphere with European essence. There are no continuous crude and in-your face gags (which is the primary reason I guess many disliked the movie), no trite situations offensive to your intelligence. The movie does not have a frantic pace instead offering a hopelessly romantic and delectable experience with high level acting of all main three heroines and the side characters. Being a "teen oriented" comedy there were some situations that were a bit overly sugar-coated but even then you won't get diabetes from it. In fact I would say this movie is everything that Midnight Paris or To Rome with Love were not.
lisafordeay I mean seriously is this movie trying to be Maid In Manhattan or was I in some sorta dream world where the filmmakers wanted to do another spin on Cinderella again.Selena Gomez plays two parts in this movie. She plays a girl called Grace who travels to Paris with her best friend played by Katie Cassidy and her stepsister Meg played by Leighton Messer.But when she gets mistaken for a British heiress who is ALSO played by Selena Gomez she decides to become her for the day while the real heiress is off gallivanting and being a bad chick. So she ends up going to Monte Carlo instead of staying in the City of Love Paris. From here its what you'd expect in a teen flick; comedy,romance,drama all the special ingredients to make a teen film so with this in mind you'd expect this movie to be my top 10 favourite movies of all time right.......well not exactly. I would say in my top 20 why well lets begin with what I like about this movie the settings of Monte Carlo and Paris. I was in Paris at the city of it back in 2006 and I was in the exact museum as Selena and her CO were and I thought it looked cool also when Selena and her Co again were on top of the Eiffel Tower also Monte Carlo seems to be a cool place to go to,also I liked the charcthers cause they were all great and their backgrounds were OK I guess. Now to the story don't get me wrong like I said I did enjoy this movie but the story was nice but it gets kinda boring in the 2nd half cause its all about boys and Grace's best friend's boyfriend played by Cory Moneith shows up and MAN her friend is portrayed as a spoilt whining brat.Overall I did enjoy this movie and if your from the UK and saw a show called Dr Who then keep a wary eye out for the actress that played Donna with David Tennant, Catherine Tate as Selena Gomez's other half's aunt.Overall im giving this a 6.
MLDinTN This may be a suitable film for kids, but the story is lack luster. The movie is too long and should have had more going on. Basically, a recent graduate, Grace, and her friend, Emma, along with her step sister Meg, go on a trip to Paris. They get hooked up with a bad tour, then a case of mistaken identity. Grace is thought to be a popular heiress. So she takes her place, goes to Monte Carlo, and gets to live the dream of a fancy suite, parties, laying on the beach. Of course, she's nicer than the real heiress, and all 3 girls meet guys they like, and of course, her identity is revealed. But no one gets in trouble because they are "nice". And it has a Disney ending.FINAL VERDICT: There's no mystery as to what will happen. The best part was the visuals of Paris and Monte Carlo, which are beautiful cities. Young teens will probably like it.
Ryan_MYeah More often than not, I found myself wanting to like Monte Carlo more than I actually did. It's not it's a terrible movie, but I found myself underwhelmed, mainly by the screenplay. It's full of charming moments, and some really interesting narratives and characters, but I found it to be a bit uneven, derivative bordering on tedious, and a bit overlong. I certainly don't think it's a one note story, but it still doesn't break any new ground, and even under developed.Still, the soft spot in me can't help but give this movie a passing grade, if only for the trio of lead performances. I will admit that I am a fan of the works by Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy, so whoever came up with the idea to put all three of them in a movie together is a genius. The three of them share a terrific, irresistible chemistry that deserves a lot better than the movie they're in, with the best performance of the bunch, I'll say, belonging to miss Meester.Like I said, I'll give it a passing grade, but if you're looking for a truly great rom-com, this sadly isn't it.**1/2 out of ****