It's an odd film
I didn't like the first twenty or so minutes but I let it run and eventually ... well, I'm not sure if I actually enjoyed it. It felt very manipulative, basically a series of heavy handed episodes concatenated together. But somewhere along the way it got to me, I think it was on the plane to America and then Toni Collette suddenly appeared, which is always a good thing, and shortly afterwards it ended - predictably. Anyway, odd film, I sort of liked it despite itself.
Also, I see that it was a French novel originally - for some reason that makes it more viable as a story.