Storyline
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Directors
Cast
Rick Aviles, Lois Smith, Gregg Edelman, Malachy McCourt, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Pearlman, Ronald Guttman, Novella Nelson, Gérard Depardieu, Abdoulaye N'Gom, Ethan Phillips, Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Dowd, Simon Jones, Conrad Roberts, Robert Prosky, John Spencer, Jessie Keosian, Ann Wedgeworth, Conrad McLaren, Mary Louise Wilson, Danny Dennis, Victoria Boothby, Stefan Schnabel, Anne Shropshire, Emily Cho, John Scanlan, Vasek Simek, Christian Mulot, Francis Dumaurier, Ernesto Gasco, Jeb Handwerger, Michael David Tanney, Ed Feldman, Chris Odo, Michele Nevirs, Clint Chin, Larry Wright, Diane Kimbrell, Arthur Anderson
Trailer
Reviews
80
Empire
Better than Ghost but not as good as When Harry Met Sally, here's a dating movie where the other woman really should have got her man.
75
Weir is good with his actors and good, too, at putting a slight spin on some of the obligatory scenes.
70
Variety
Although a thin premise endangers its credibility at times, Green Card is a genial, nicely played romance.
63
Rolling Stone
Don't look for the originality and grit that distinguished Weir's Australian films Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, Green Card has all the heft of a potato chip. But Depardieu's charm recognizes no language barriers, and MacDowell, the revelation of sex, lies, and videotape, proves a fine, sexy foil.
63
Peter Weir's talent, so evident in his Australian work, remained dormant here, but Depardieu's lively performance is a redeeming factor.
