Fired for having one-night stands with her co-workers around the world, Judith returns to Paris to find a job. Pushed by her strong love of sex and men, she ends up in the office of Lambert, a charming marriage counselor looking for an associate. But even as she sets her sights on him, Judith realizes Lambert is a former sex addict who has been abstinent for several months and is intent on staying that way…

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Tonie Marshall’s career was never as promising as after the phenomenal success of 1998’s Vénus beauté (institut), which won four Césars, including best film and best director. After 16 years marked by various commercial flops and movies that didn’t take off, Tu veux ou tu veux pas, with its two top stars, popular formula and nutty atmosphere, does look promising. But romantic comedies aren’t easy, they accent every failing within machinery that is so well known that it needs an expert hand and a certain level of imagination for everything to run cohesively. Behind its elegant stars, stylish effects and a bit of dialogue designed to be snappy, Tu veux ou tu veux pas has neither great passion nor does it offer real enjoyment, thanks to a bland script full off mundane scenes. In the wake of the likeable Un bonheur n’arrive jamais seul, Sophie Marceau’s smile seems somewhat common, as if she were trying to hide her lack of interest in the whole enterprise.