Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) review

Playful, carefree Rohmer romantic drama has two female friends trying to find the right boyfriends to suit their wants and needs - it ends a little too perfectly, but the path to that end (and hopefully happiness) is entrancing. What I particularly like about this particular work of his (part six of his Comedies/Proverbs series) is the exquisite insight into the inner workings of the relationships, and how some people get in their heads a fixed idea of an ideal partner and life somehow makes it happen for them, while others may exhaust their efforts trying to attract a mate that simply doesn't fit their personalities. Emmanuelle Chaulet's character believes she knows what she's looking for in a man, but experience suggests otherwise; Sophie Renoir, dating Eric Viellard, finds a clever way of dropping him for suave François-Eric Gendron. It's a sophisticated soap opera.