As a kid, I was riveted by Maurice LeBlanc's stories of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief who always wins, part The Scarlet Pimpernel, part Sherlock Holmes, and this movie adaptation - not of one book but a mash-up of many - gets everything right: the look of the debonair hero played by Romain Duris, the glamour of La Belle Époque, the enormously fun exploits, the derring-do, the twists and turns of inexplicable mystery, and although I don't remember his family life being quite so complex, that worked for me as well.
★★★★☆
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