Paris, in spring: a handful of women meet, argue, make up and love one another.

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Paris, in spring. While the weather goes bonkers, a handful of women meet, argue, make up and love one another: an authoritarian business woman and her timid assistant; an overwhelmed mother and her lesbian babysitter; a sentimental lawyer and her hysterical sister; a gynecologist and her terrified sister; a bus conductor and an almost incendiary Russian – all are united by laughter and tears...

It is hard to resist Audrey Dana’s debut, a women’s comedy starring Isabelle Adjani, Vanessa Paradis, Sylvie Testud, Marina Hands and Laetitia Casta. It’s unfortunately even more difficult not to see its faults: too hysterical to be touching; too scatteredbrained to be balanced; and in the end incapable of a clear message. Between prejudicial clichés and modern points of view, bitter humor and unfortunate slapstick, Sous les jupes des filles offers a lot, but none of it is really convincing. It will inevitably be compared to the excellent Bal des actrices by Maiwenn, which won’t help.