La Marraine

Dans la peau d'une quadragénaire renfrognée qui trouve enfin sa voie au contact de la pègre, Toni Collette (également coproductrice) cabotine au point d'être horripilante. Contrairement à la sobre et posée Monica Bellucci, hélas, pratiquement réduite au rang de faire-valoir de luxe.

While Collette plays the premise for laughs, it's about time we saw how women might run such an organization.

In contrast to Bellucci, who underplays in dignified fashion, Collette works hard, very hard, to sell the concept and her character. That she fails is not an insult to her formidable gifts, but rather due to the flimsiness of the material, which seems better suited to the small screen.

The incomparable Toni Collette saves this otherwise generic comedy from director Catherine Hardwicke.