It's a commercial movie rather than an art film, but a great deal less compromised than most of its ilk.

Sadly it doesn't quite come off, despite interesting moments.

The film is harmless, whimsical, a little long-winded: While You Were Sleeping without Sandra Bullock but with extra Gallic chic.

Has all the hallmarks of a trying-too-hard-to-be-playful indie: freeze frames of characters posing glumly in playgrounds, slo-mo hospital sequences, along with a few too many close ups and cute kiddie scenes.