The female objects of desire in this disappointing ménage à trois
comedy by Louis Garrel are more fantasies than characters
French actor Louis Garrel pays homage here to Woody Allen’s ego by co-writing, directing and starring in a film in which two drop-dead-gorgeous women go to war over him. (Naturally, one is much younger than Garrel.)
A Faithful Man bombs the Bechdel test, of course. But it seems to me that it fails an even more basic test of humanity, since this pair of female adventurers aren’t even really characters, so much as fantasies. It’s a shame because Garrel directs with frothy light-touch flair.