4.8?? This is a Good Movie!~
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shareThe film is laking, their is no other way to put it. The srcipt is awful with further irration on David Schwimmer's overly nervous jestures through out the film and Gwyneth Paltrow's scrappy portrayal. The back ground characters were great however, the two freinds, one of which is a much younger Michael Vartan from Alias, they added the insentive for me to keep watching the movie but over all I was expecting more from David Schwimmer's creaive commedic mind as well as Gwyneth's acting skills, which I suppose don't seem to show up until her later carrer pictures.
shareI completely agree with the title (and disagree with the above). I was plesantly surprised. I just caught it on TV and was expecting something much like the trailers (way back when) painted it... a wacky, goofy comedy with Schwimmer bumbling his way through it... what I got was a modern retread of The Graduate, that surprisingly handled the subject matter very well. Schwimmer is very good as the lead and the film is not afraid of going for darker laughs, nor for making it's lead characters unlikeable at points (and therefore human). Not a great movie by any means... but definately a damned good one that's a cut above the rest of the bad rom-coms that have come from the last few years. Schwimmer is definately cast well as the Braddock-esque character and he handles the drama well too.
I often wonder if The Graduate had been released in today's world if it too would be completely panned (not saying this is anything on The Graduate's level...just with similar themes and characters).
Anyways, a decent movie that people shouldn't be afraid to check out because of the dvd's goofy cover or it's questionable cast. This movie actually made me more curious to see Schwimmer's Duane Hopwood... which looked intriguing but I wasn't sure if I was really ready to take any of the friends seriously. After viewing this, I'd say Schwimmer could keep working (as long as he picked his roles well) and I wouldn't really mind as much (as long as the rest of the Friends stay put)
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www.reel.com says this is a close match to GARDEN STATE, so that's why I saw it for the first time last night. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say it's a close match to GARDEN STATE, but I still thought it was pretty good--much better than I expected. If I was Ebert or Roepper, I'd give it thumbs up.
shareebert did give it a thumbs up. gave it three stars in his printed review. one of the few critics to give it a good review. hooray for ebert.
honestly as someone very much in the position of Schiwmmer's character from this movie currently: the movie is dead-on. (i meant the whole jobless living in brooklyn not going anywhere aspect of his character, not the old classmate committing suicide and sleeping with the classmate's grieving mother aspect)
very underrated movie,