Paris Can Wait (2016), directed by Eleanor Coppola

Delicious food and gorgeous scenery do not a movie make. Diane Lane is lovely as neglected wife Anne, who embarks on a drive across France with a colleague of her husband. But although she does a nice job portraying an older woman slowly realising she is worth more than she has, she can’t carry the film alone. Arnaud Viard is sleazy rather than charming as the Frenchman cliché, Jacques, making their rapidly developing relationship less than credible. The film often descends into a travelogue or a second rate documentary on the history, food and scenery of south and central France and really drags on the very slight story. Not worth the price of admission.