My Wife Is An Actress

Actor Yvan Attal follows up on his 1997 directorial debut of I've Got a Woman with this wry romantic comedy about a regular guy dealing with his wife's fame and career. Yvan (Attal) is a youngish sports writer who, through some improbable luck, finds himself happily married to the beautiful ...more

Yvan Attal's Ma femme est une actrice starts out a lively, frothy affair that manages to charm from minute one. Charlotte Gainsbourg -- who is in real life married to Attal -- is likeable and attractive as a character that is clearly modeled on herself, while Attal is convincing as an everyday Joe struggling with male insecurity and jealousy. Attal sets up some great comic scenes, particularly when a bore relentlessly prods Yvan with questions about his wife's offscreen sex life. Unfortunately, ...more