French-kiss ** 1/2 (Century 16, Century several) Meg Ryan’s efficiency inside the “Sleepless inside the Seattle” is outright brooding as compared to their perky portrayal out-of Kate from inside the Lawrence Kasdan’s oh-so-lovable “French kiss.” Ryan performs an effective meek (however, very pretty) professor exactly who goes toward Paris in order to wrest their particular bride to be from the purses away from a beneficial alluring Frenchwoman. On your way, she meets Luc (Kevin Kline, epic as ever), the fresh embodiment of the things Kate considers the fresh new French to be, generally “nicotine-saturated and you can hygiene-deficient.” Luc, a thief, covers some contraband in the Kate’s bag, as well as the stage is determined to have a comedy-relationship one to mainly operates on the comedy institution, but comes up brief with the relationship. Definitely Luc and you may Kate should have about as far in keeping because the Paris, France and you may Paris, Tx, however, it mismatched partners is simply too mismatched for even a movie that requires you to look at your disbelief within doorway. –M.H.