It’s refreshing and candid but at the same time awkward, and at one point feels like it’s there only to bridge the gaps in the script. This is the type of film I would like to see more of. It’s honest and oh so human and touching, but fails to be truly great.
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27 Dresses is unlikely to look good on anyone’s resume in coming years, and although Heigl is the current ‘it’ girl this should only enhance her appeal amongst the least critical. The final moments are priceless, however, but only for that exquisite sense of unease that comes with being witness to something utterly mortifying.
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The males on the other hand come off pretty badly, with every one of them emotionally manipulative or worse. That the ‘knight in shining armour’ role goes to Fillion as a bumbling, nervous, ethically dubious doctor who cheats on his wife can only suggest that perhaps Shelly was trying to make some kind of point.
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Manual of Love 2: New Chapters suffers by comparison to its recent predecessor. Feeling more like an unrelated collection of four vignettes, rather than forming an overriding narrative, Manual of Love 2 lives or dies on the strength of each individual part.
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Zeta-Jones could best be compared to one of Kate’s most frivolous gustatory extravagances – while she looks good from a distance, there is so little substance to her performance that she can never truly satisfy.
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The cinematography is of course the film’s undeniable triumph, and Sean Ellis certainly has an eye for stunning visuals. The frozen moments are wonderfully handled, and only feature a couple of instances where you can see the actors struggling to keep still.
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Iris has such a stereotypical introduction I’d be willing to leave the cinema if she wasn’t being played by Kate Winslet. She’s one of those A-class actors that manage to make even the most cliched role memorable.
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There is never any question as to the outcomes for any of these characters, and no real bumps in the journey. Sure, there are several moments in which character data are revealed that may challenge or discourage their enamoured, but truly, it all feels so predictable.
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend attempts to parody the popular form of superhero movies, by turning the focus on what might happen if the hero chose to use their powers for the banal rather than the profound. With only the slightest of Continue reading My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Pitched as a romantic comedy about losing the one you love in hilarious circumstances, and benefitting in pre-release media from the buzz surrounding Jen and Vince – Are they? Or, aren’t they? – The Break-Up manages only to be a Continue reading The Break-Up
In the search for a fresh take on what is obviously perceived to be a tired genre, screenwriters have recently taken the plots of romantic comedies to further and further depths of stupidity. Failure to Launch continues this disappointing trend, Continue reading Failure to Launch