As in many of Blier's comedies there is a humorous absurdity driving the whole plot forward. In this case it seems improbable that a man would leave such a beautiful wife for a rather plain (or even unattractive) one. But Blier is interested in odd relationships: in his most famous film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs the main woman character finds true love in a 14 year-old boy.

The nature and paradoxes of love and sex are explored with an artistic and astute eye. Blier gives us a lot of the kind of stuff we expect to see in 'art films' including ostentatious style, theater-like staged scenes, flash backs and forwards, revolving time jumps, fast and slow editing techniques and incredibly emotive music (by Schubert).

What's evident is that the relationship between Depardieu – who frankly looks a bit bored through the film – and his new love cannot last. Certainly, this must be a mid-life crisis that all men deal with and everything will go back to normal by the end. Since this is a Blier film that is not the case. Even thought this is a good fun film, it doesn't have the sting of his earlier films.

Audio:
Audio sound is in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround and is quite good. The musical score is particularly strong in places. Dialogue is in French with English subtitles.

Video:
The DVD is presented in widescreen 2.35:1 and looks very good.

Extras:
The only extra is the original trailer.p> Overall:
Too Beautiful to You is a French film about the paradoxes and absurdities of love. It is beautiful to look at with a good transfer and great audio track. Some may find it pretentious but compared to most stale Hollywood and Indie films about love affairs this is a breath of fresh air.