Gaspard is a sports photographer. Alice is a successful lawyer. Nicolas is, for lack of a better word, an unemployed househusband. Gaspard and Alice are lovers, and Alice is married to Nicolas. This is the love triangle that anchors the ironically titled Just for Laughs. When Nicolas discovers Alice’s infidelity, he goes to comic but bittersweet extremes to befriend Gaspard and sabotage their relationship. A dramedy that jettisons genre convention in favor of insight and emotional complexity, Just for Laughs features a standout performance by Jean-Pierre Léaud as the desperate Nicolas.