Love Is a Funny Thing
Seen it?1969 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved A Woman Under the Influence or Road to Perdition, start here.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1969: an older pace and style.
A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Claude Lelouch
- Jean-Paul BelmondoHenri
- Annie GirardotFrançoise
- Maria Pia ConteLa femme d'Henri
- Marcel BozzuffiLe mari de Françoise
- Farrah FawcettPatricia
- Peter BergmanLe metteur en scène
- Kaz GarasPaul
- Bill QuinnLe passager
- Arturo DominiciLe douanier
- Timothy BlakeLes Dominos