A whiff of old-fashioned caf-thtre pervades Pourquoi Pas Moi?, writes David Parkinson.

One of the seven features on view as part of the Martell French Film Tour at the Phoenix this week, this is a determinedly modern 'glad to be gay' comedy. Just about everyone harbours a guilty secret or a pernicious prejudice, as a quartet of comic-book artists and their parents gather for a come-clean dinner date. But, director Stphane Giusti's screenplay is so lacking in wit and surprise that each revelation arrives with a thud of inevitability.

The performances are equally predictable, although this again is down to the fact that Giusti trades almost exclusively in caricatures, which denies his eager cast the opportunity to explore a situation fraught with emotional and comic potential. Amiable, but slight.