Look at Me

A talented woman struggles to get out from under the shadow of her father in this comedy. Lolita (Marilou Berry) is the 20-year-old daughter of Étienne Cassard (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a wealthy and well-known editor and writer, and most of the people she meets seem to be more interested in her dad than ...more

Look at Me combines acerbic comedy and the pathos of just-post-adolescence with reasonable sharpness, wit, and sensitivity, though its large cast and subplots sometimes draw attention away from its central characters and conflicts. Flawed heroine Lolita Berry pulls off the difficult feat of portraying with dignity a 20-year-old who doesn't conform to social norms of attractiveness, and whose problems with her weight and family disturb but do not wholly preoccupy her. Father Jean-Pierre Bacri ...more