"Pièges" manages to successfully juggle several different genres (romantic comedy, musical, suspense thriller and red-herring-loaded whodunit),but it goes on too long; Maurice Chevalier's 2nd song, for example, is fun but unnecessary. Marie Déa is a strong, competent lead; there is an amazingly erotic sequence where a man tries to boss her around but she verbally turns the tables on him and winds up making him her slave! Erich von Stroheim also has a small but memorable part. **1/2 out of 4.

Before the internet, there used to be something called newspapers; and personal ads (the kind that are in Craig's List) used to be listed in these newspapers. This is a story of how these personal ads were used for nefarious reasons, and how an undercover policewoman gets involved in the case. Interesting and a bit different. Marie Dea does a fine job and you will be entertained.