The movie tells the story of Alexandre, a dazzlingly successful, well-connected architect, however, he is only four and a half feet tall. When he dates a beautiful woman, the woman quickly gets ribbed by her family, employees and jealous ex about his stature.
While this should set politically correct alarm bells ringing, Up for Love manages to be consistently charming, genuinely romantic and often very funny.
Potentially great chemistry and good performances are largely wasted in this gimmicky rom-com, in which Jean Dujardin plays a four-foot-five Romeo seeking to woo a regular-sized woman.
The film flirts with near-offensive gags and attitudes, but there's inventive use of forced perspective, even if the focus should be more on Diane changing hers.
Two charming lead performances are wasted in this misconceived comedic romcom whose one-joke premise quickly wears thin and is adversely tainted by the wrong tone
The script eschews farcical predicaments, but merely by casting Dujardin, an actor of regular height, instead of someone who matches Alexandre's dimensions, the film has an exploitative edge that it can never completely shake.
Maybe a 30-minute television show is the best format to explore the premise. It's a bit thin for a movie that runs 90-plus minutes, though. But the appealing leads do their best with the parts they are given.
