'All About Steve' stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. I'm a big fan of Sandy's, so I was really looking forward to this one. And again, she didn't let me down.
'All About Steve' is basically about a woman who stalks a blind date, thinking he's the one! The movie is very well put together and quite funny. There weren't that many great laughs, but lots of pretty good ones. Many chuckles... It does, however, have a nice moral lesson wrapped up in it which I love! It probably won't go down as a great movie, but definitely not bad.
Aside from a really quick make-out scene that's much funnier than provocative, this one is ok for the kids.
A good watch!
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Damned United ***1/2
'The Damned United' is based on the career of Brian Clough who was a British soccer manager.
Even though I don't care about soccer, I still enjoyed this story. It's based on part of Clough's career, in which he overcomes many obstacles.
It's well done and quite entertaining. I even became a 'football' fan for a few minutes.
It's also fine for the kids, if they're interested.
A good watch!
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Even though I don't care about soccer, I still enjoyed this story. It's based on part of Clough's career, in which he overcomes many obstacles.
It's well done and quite entertaining. I even became a 'football' fan for a few minutes.
It's also fine for the kids, if they're interested.
A good watch!
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The Invention of Lying ***
'The Invention of Lying' stars Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner, with cameos by Tina Fey, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jason Bateman, to name a few.
The premise of the movie is that of an idealistic world where everyone tells the truth, all the time. They are not capable of lying. Here, the plot becomes a little interesting when the title character discovers that he can lie.
Then, there's a whole religious thing that they throw in. Apparently, they don't have God in this idealistic, truthful world. And he introduces Him. This became sort of strangely uncomfortable as they kind of poke fun at religion and spirituality. This part really bothered me and I'm sure would bother others.
Even though this is rated PG-13, I would probably try to keep even the teenagers away from it, only because of the very frank, truthful, discussions about sex.
All in all, it's an interesting movie; worth the watch if you have an open mind!
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The premise of the movie is that of an idealistic world where everyone tells the truth, all the time. They are not capable of lying. Here, the plot becomes a little interesting when the title character discovers that he can lie.
Then, there's a whole religious thing that they throw in. Apparently, they don't have God in this idealistic, truthful world. And he introduces Him. This became sort of strangely uncomfortable as they kind of poke fun at religion and spirituality. This part really bothered me and I'm sure would bother others.
Even though this is rated PG-13, I would probably try to keep even the teenagers away from it, only because of the very frank, truthful, discussions about sex.
All in all, it's an interesting movie; worth the watch if you have an open mind!
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Motherhood **1/2
'Motherhood' stars Uma Thurman and several other recognizable faces including Minnie Driver.
The problem with 'Motherhood' is that it was billed as a comedy. Not a comedy! Yes, there are a few funny moments, but it is far from what I consider a 'comedy.'
It's more a dramedy. It's about that one horrible day in the life of a mother. They all have them, so they can all relate.
'Motherhood' is ok for the kids, but they probably wouldn't be that interested.
All in all, it's a pretty good movie with a few good laughs. I can see where women would relate to this and men would probably hate it.
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The problem with 'Motherhood' is that it was billed as a comedy. Not a comedy! Yes, there are a few funny moments, but it is far from what I consider a 'comedy.'
It's more a dramedy. It's about that one horrible day in the life of a mother. They all have them, so they can all relate.
'Motherhood' is ok for the kids, but they probably wouldn't be that interested.
All in all, it's a pretty good movie with a few good laughs. I can see where women would relate to this and men would probably hate it.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Couples Retreat ***1/2
'Couples Retreat' stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and several other big names and is directed by Peter Billingsley. I wasn't that excited about it, but it surprised me a little.
It's basically about four couples who go on a tropical retreat to help their various marriages. You get the different perspectives and issues that go along with being married. It makes you think on a lot of different levels about your own relationships. But then, it's a movie and I did find myself reminded that it was a little unrealistic.
Then, there were parts that were extremely unrealistic, but with a touch of truth. They encounter some funny situations, and the most extreme of those. There were lots of good laughs here. Definitely worth the time.
But, it's rated PG-13. That's a really mature 13 year old! You should definitely pre-screen.
A good watch! And watch the deleted and extended scenes here for sure. They make sense of the one thing that was inconsistent about the movie. And it's a hysterical scene I'm referring to!
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It's basically about four couples who go on a tropical retreat to help their various marriages. You get the different perspectives and issues that go along with being married. It makes you think on a lot of different levels about your own relationships. But then, it's a movie and I did find myself reminded that it was a little unrealistic.
Then, there were parts that were extremely unrealistic, but with a touch of truth. They encounter some funny situations, and the most extreme of those. There were lots of good laughs here. Definitely worth the time.
But, it's rated PG-13. That's a really mature 13 year old! You should definitely pre-screen.
A good watch! And watch the deleted and extended scenes here for sure. They make sense of the one thing that was inconsistent about the movie. And it's a hysterical scene I'm referring to!
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A Serious Man ***
'A Serious Man' is one of those Coen brothers movies. Ever since 'Raising Arizona', I get really excited about their movies in the hopes of laughing that much again. Well, once again, this wasn't it. True they've done some good ones, but, in my opinion, only one great!
'A Serious Man' is basically about just that.... a serious man. His life is boring and quickly going down the drain. They also play with the idea of generational curses, but then don't really tie it in well. There is a medieval scene at the beginning but then it's not referred to again.
All in all, it was pretty good. There were a few good laughs, and it was slightly interesting. There were appearances by a myriad of familiar actors including Adam Arkin who is one of my favorites. But once again, I'm left puzzled after a Coen movie... I think that's their primary goal, usually. They took a pretty uninteresting and bland story, and somehow did it 'well.' They made it look good, and they made you think a little. Hmmm....
Personally, I'm going to keep hoping for the return of the wickedly stupid type humor of 'Raising Arizona'.
The kids should just skip this one. There's some nudity and teenage situations that you don't want to be your teenager's situation. But for the grown-ups, it's interesting.
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'A Serious Man' is basically about just that.... a serious man. His life is boring and quickly going down the drain. They also play with the idea of generational curses, but then don't really tie it in well. There is a medieval scene at the beginning but then it's not referred to again.
All in all, it was pretty good. There were a few good laughs, and it was slightly interesting. There were appearances by a myriad of familiar actors including Adam Arkin who is one of my favorites. But once again, I'm left puzzled after a Coen movie... I think that's their primary goal, usually. They took a pretty uninteresting and bland story, and somehow did it 'well.' They made it look good, and they made you think a little. Hmmm....
Personally, I'm going to keep hoping for the return of the wickedly stupid type humor of 'Raising Arizona'.
The kids should just skip this one. There's some nudity and teenage situations that you don't want to be your teenager's situation. But for the grown-ups, it's interesting.
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