Up for Love

Dujardin and Efira are both charming and beautiful, and the film glistens in its breezy cobblestoned scenery.

The film flirts with near-offensive gags and attitudes, but there’s inventive use of forced perspective, even if the focus should be more on Diane changing hers.

There is a message here about celebrating differences, which would be a bit more convincing if they’d cast a smaller actor in the role – instead of using distracting CG effects on Dujardin.

It’s more silly than funny, and audiences can be forgiven for wondering if an actor of restricted growth should have been cast.

An otherwise mundane rom-com that doesn’t know how to handle its one point-of-difference; and even that isn’t as much of a big deal as its writers think it is.

Up for Love lacks tact and substance but its leads make it a watchable, albeit bite-size, jaunt.