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Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell star in this subdued, kinda boring rom-com from Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, Witness). Depardieu plays a Frenchman trying to enter the U.S. by marrying an American woman. It’s an under-the-counter sort of arrangement that profits both parties, so long as the government doesn’t find out their marriage is a sham. Of course, the government does find out, and then Depardieu and MacDowell have to work overtime to make a convincing husband and wife for visiting authorities. And they fall in love for real. Gag.

What further alienates me from Green Card is that MacDowell’s character is upper crust elitist, nowhere near as charming as what MacDowell has to offer, and quite frankly, Gerard Depardieu is too ugly to look at. In any movie.

Some of the music is interesting (as usual for a Weir film), and there are a couple of colorful supporting players who grace the screen briefly — Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Prosky, and Ethan Phillips chief among them. But Green Card is probably my least favorite film my favorite director.

Oscar Nomination: Best Original Screenplay (Peter Weir)