Up for Love

Diane is a successful lawyer who has been divorced for three years. When she loses her mobile phone, the man who found it calls her to arrange its return. The two get along well on the phone and agree to meet. Alexandre turns out to be charming and accomplished, but he is also much shorter than average, and Diane's shock at their first meeting forces her to confront how she and the people around her react to the pairing. She must decide whether to follow her own feelings or give in to social pressure.

Up for Love is a French romantic comedy directed by Laurent Tirard, his fifth feature, released between Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia and Return of the Hero. Tirard wrote the screenplay with Grégoire Vigneron and Marcos Carnevale. Jean Dujardin plays Alexandre and Virginie Efira plays Diane, with Cédric Kahn, César Domboy, Stéphanie Papanian and Edmonde Franchi in supporting roles. The film runs 98 minutes and was made for about 10 million dollars, earning roughly 8 million worldwide. It holds a 6.3 rating on IMDb from about 9,900 votes and a 6 on TMDB from 881 votes. A critics' score of 5 out of 10 across 36 reviews places it below the audience ratings.