Please don't spend money on this.

Good concept, poorly executed.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

whether or not you enjoyed the mild humor of Ned divine then you will like this movie also.The tame humor is disseminate all-round and spectators will be grateful for the modern ways formulated to keep the doctor happily deceived. They all join together to fool an outsider in order to money in. Both are set in a little coastal village where the inhabitants are fewer than prosperous and eager to advance their circumstance. This movie is not a madcap, zany side-splitter, but whether or not you want an gratifying, clever film, this is one of the better to come along. This movie has a heap of matchings with waking Ned divine.

This film has just run on TV in Australia (on SBS with sub-titles of course). I laughed out loud. Canada Francophone you do not have a monopoly in enjoying this delightful film.Here we are fanatics about sport generally and Cricket in particular: that part was even funnier. Perhaps some of the verbal jokes did not come through the sub-titles but there is a great deal of wonderful whimsy that does.The village setting is fascinating. It is geography unknown to this part of the world; I gather the real village is well known.The characters are greatly inviting, and with a light touch the story leaves the audience with the question about the pretty girl!

When I got this film home with it's English title of Seducing Dr Lewis, I was unaware that it was subtitled. (Didn't say anywhere on the DVD sleeve and even the shop owners were unaware).However, within minutes of watching, I was hooked. The plot may seem predictable but the film is immensely enjoyable and you soon forget it's subtitled. There is a gentle humour and a great feel about the location.It is set in the Quebec area of Canada and filmed on a small island which was once a thriving fishing village. The plot revolves around the need to replace the old industry to revitalise the town.Very enjoyable. One for a quiet night in.

The tiny ("microscopic" as Dr. Lewis puts it) village of Ste. Marie du Mauderne is in trouble. Fishing is dead and all of its inhabitants are on welfare, and they can't get any economic help unless they can get a plastic container factory to build there--but for that they must have a population of at least 200 and a full-time doctor. The village has neither. What they do have is a collection of memorable and wonderful characters who are willing to do anything they have to to get the factory--including coercing a doctor--a plastic surgeon named Christopher Lewis--to give them a month-long trial. The mayor of the town, Germain, is the instigator of the plot to "seduce" Dr. Lewis into find the village irresistible so he will sign on permanently. Immediately they begin to manufacture anything they need to get him to sign a contract: they give him a home (the "modern" house of the bank manager which he finds incredibly ugly,) cook his favorite foods in the restaurant, take him fishing (putting frozen fish on his hook for him to pull up,) even manage his appointments so he's not overwhelmed with work. And since the doctor is a cricket fan, they also form a team--complete with homemade white sweaters--even though none of the Quebecers knows a single thing about the game. There's a memorable moment when the mayor tries to get the men to understand that cricket is a GAME--not an insect. It's one of the funniest exchanges in the film. Germain, his best friend Yvon, the bank manager (whose fear of being replaced by a bank machine is constant)and the rest of the villagers do everything possible to make the seduction work, including tapping the doctor's phone calls to his girlfriend Brigitte, (who is cheating on him in Montreal,) and pretending he's like the son Germain lost as a child (Germain and his wife are childless.) The fake cricket game alone is worth the rental fee for the film. When the factory representatives come to inspect the village and don't believe there are 200 inhabitants they move the entire population from one building to another, while the people change clothes along the run, to fool the reps. They finally realize how dangerous it is to lie about everything you are, even if it's for a good cause, when the doctor tells them how hurt he was by his girlfriend's deceptions. It seems their seduction may be over, but there are still surprises in store.The film was beautifully made, with fine performances and well-drawn, multi-layered characterizations--it's not slapstick but it's just tongue-in-cheek enough that although you will find yourself laughing out loud at some of the antics, you'll also be smiling inwardly at the very lovableness of the people who are pulling them.Well recommended. A charming film enjoyable by everyone (anyone who can read the subtitles.) Some adult themes, but nothing objectionable.