Emilia Pérez: Jacques Audiard chooses an unusual way to tell his story; the film follows a Mexican lawyer, hired by a cartel boss to help a transition operation from male to female gender, just to have the assignment continue years later. The story’s starting point is interesting enough, but it evolves in predictable ways; the way chosen to tell that story is by making it a musical, which brings a different energy to the experience. However, neither the characters, the plot, nor the music are particularly engaging, making this a curious but subpar experience. The performances (possible Mexican accent issues notwithstanding) are serviceable but unremarkable: Zoe Saldaña, as the lawyer, Karla Sofía Gascón, as the former drug cartel boss, Selena Gomez, as her former wife, and Adriana Paz, as her new love interest all sing. The songs, by composers Camille and Clément Ducol, are promptly forgetable, and the musical numbers are uninspired. Editor Juliette Welfling gives the film a nice pace and fine energy, and cinematographer Paul Guilhaume’s images are attractive enough.