Housekeeper, A
Rating = B-
This movie is a trifle, but enjoyable
nonetheless. The middle-aged man, whose wife has left him, knows that things
can't last with the young woman who moves in with him and comes on to him, and
he is little reluctant about her advances. Nonetheless, she insinuates herself
into his life and that's OK with him (she's nicely nubile), except she wants to
do things he doesn't want to do: listen to loud music, dance into the late
night, spend time in the sun on the beach, swim in the cold water. In the end,
she dumps him, which had to happen and he accepts resignedly. In the meantime
she has inadvertently helped him get moving again. The movie seems so typically
French to me — preoccupation with sex, older-man-younger-woman relationships,
and being a good sport about it all.
[2003-09-22]