NEW YORK -- A huge commercial hit in its native French Canada, the recipient of 11 Genie nominations and an Audience Award winner at Sundance, this debut feature from Jean-Francois Pouliot is one of those infuriating comedies that practically nudges you in the ribs while you're watching to remind you how cute and funny it is. "Seducing Doctor Lewis" concerns the frantic efforts of the residents of an impoverished Quebec fishing village to fool a big-city doctor into becoming their full-time medical caretaker. Judging by the rapturous audience reactions the film has received, only curmudgeonly film critics will be bothered by the fact that their methods are both immoral and illegal.

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