anyone realise... - Me Myself I (1999) Discussion

[–] crystalhenrickson 19 years ago

It's also almost exactly like the Gwenyth Paltrow 1998 movie "Sliding Doors" but they all have different ways of telling the story. Just watched this one tonight, very good. Had to come here and see what others thought about it.
A little trivia...Before Eminem had Dido on his Stan song, her song Thank You was on the soundtrack to Sliding Doors.
I know, i'm a loser to know that :)

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[–] carloski2003 19 years ago

This wasnt really all that much in common with sliding doors.

Sliding doors showed that fate will always eventuate despite decisions. Both the happy and destraught helens lose their babies and end up with James.

Where as this show people can choice their own life paths, it did however open up her eyes that kids aren't such a horrible possesion. She begins to feel comfortable and understanding of them by the end , which is why she reconsiders the Single father when she returns to her single life.

i swear the thread for this movie have been all deleted. I remember posting on a thread refering to remarkable nature of the 3 year old picking the difference between the two mothers :)

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[–] seababe5 19 years ago

i'd have to say that the movie for me was a mixture of the family man, sliding doors and Birdget jone's diary ( especiallly the beginning where she's alone)

it was on last night

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[–] carloski2003 19 years ago

argh another melbournian :)

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[–] katiewon 18 years ago

I really liked this movie. Rachel Griffiths never disappoints and how her "married" self leaves her at the house with the kids and sort of disappears - and her reaction when Robert comes home! The ending was very touching too - and the fact that when she does get her old life back, she appreciates it and starts to make changes for the better. I happened to see this before I ever saw "Family Man" or "Sliding Doors" and I think this movie is unique and a real eye opener for anyone who has ever had that thought "what if..." It is never exactly what we expect, now is it? But LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.

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[–] seababe5 17 years ago

Nope... i'm from NSW

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[–] Crystal (534) 5 years ago

Despite the joke from the student(?) earlier; didn't she think he was also married?

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[–] cpc2 17 years ago

Nah, you aren't a loser. That is like esoteric trivia. Far from useless information...hahahha. Actually, the one annoying thing about sliding doors is the Full Frame format of the dvd. Using a widescreen front projector makes it annoying when dvd's are anything but anamorphic 16:9. The other movie was Family Man and although I have never seen it, I don't have to. The whole movie is probably summed up in N Cage's expressions of dumb-founded amazement. Whoop-dee-doo. I know Me, Myself and I isn't revolutionary, but it's perfectly sound as a movie and works well without trying to be something it isn't. It's not trying to be super weird. Her character is great in all forms and I really like this movie. I bought the dvd and it has a commentary. :)

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[–] Groundhog-Day 18 years ago

This movie was very similar to The Family Man. However, I enjoyed The Family Man quite a bit more. The acting and direction of the movie was more to my liking in The Family Man. I liked The Family Man's ending much more also. Me Myself I's ending was too girlish and perfect for my taste.

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[–] hapsh 17 years ago

I agree. I actually like that in "Family Man" the ending was much darker. Without giving anything away, it showed that he couldn't stay and that possible life was lost in the past, he could not relive it. The choice had been made and he had to live with the result. With "Me Myself", there was no sense of loss or regret, it was just a learning experience. I still enjoyed it, the ending just was "too" perfect.

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[–] sneedy-1 17 years ago

There are a lot of references to other films on this board. As I was watching it on IFC (which purported it as the 1992 film of the same name, starring JoBeth Williams and George Segal). Now, not having seen THAT movie, it does sound vaguely similar to this film. Anyone seen both films?

And, just given the numerous user comparisons to 'Sliding Doors' and 'Family Man', both films I have seen and with which I concur points of similarity, I just sort of think this film's storyline is almost as universal as that of 'Pygmalion' in its many incarnations (most famous being the landmark 1964 Audrey Hepburn vehicle 'My Fair Lady'... which I, despite my own tastes and convictions regarding cinema, I actually loved. I may be a twentysomething guy who doesn't like chick-flicks or musicals, but the core of 'My Fair Lady' is in the source material, being an adaptation of 'Pygmalion', a timeless story). But I digress...

This is not a bad movie at all. It's flawed, but only inasmuch as the previously mentioned films (and this Aussie/French film predates 'Family Man' by a year, but that's nothing alarming, studios cop from foreign films all the time and don't bother sharing credit), since the plot device of the film is a bit suspect. I was still pleased to have seen it; they're just some pieces that make good films, but in doing so prevent them from becoming great films.

As I was watching, I thought 'Me, Myself, I' was 'Overboard' (1987) meets '13 Going on 30' (2004). Those are just the films I thought of as I watched this. Maybe not the best comparison, but I saw them as two other good films. '13 Going on 30' is another chick-flick--a modern girl's version of 'Big' (1988), if you will--but it's a good movie. And the fact that I hate Jennifer Garner's acting abilities says a lot for that movie.

So there's a list of films to recommend if you liked this film. There are some similar themes, but not all of them fit this template, just some loosely-related themes, and if you liked this movie, chances are you'll like some of these if you haven't already seen them:

'My Fair Lady' (1964)
'Seconds' (1966)
'Freaky Friday' (1976)
'Somewhere in Time' (1980)
'Zelig' (1983)
'The Heavenly Kid' (1985)
'Brazil' (1985)
'The Back to the Future' Trilogy (1985-90)
'Peggy Sue Got Married' (1986)
'Chances Are' (1986)
'Overboard' (1987)
'Big' (1988)
'Paperhouse' (1988)
'Vice Versa'(1989) [Remake of 'Vice Versa' (1948)]
'Millenium' (1989)
'Mr. Destiny' (1990) [Related to 'Family Man' (2000)]
'The Witches' (1990)
'Ghost' (1990)
'Love Potion No. 9' (1992)
'Les Visiteurs' (1993)
'Groundhog Day' (1993)
'Heart and Souls' (1993)
'12 Monkeys' (1995)
'Pleasantville' (1998)
'Sliding Doors' (1998)
'Family Man' (2000)
'Happy Accidents' (2000)
'Donnie Darko' (2001)
'Freaky Friday' (2003) [Remake of 'Freaky Friday' (1976)]
'13 Going on 30' (2004)
'Melinda & Melinda' (2004)
'Just Like Heaven' (2005)
"Life on Mars" (2006) [UK Television Series]

Not Recommended:
'Spirit of '76' (1990)
'Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde' (1995)
'Event Horizon' (1997)
'Les visiteurs 2' (1998)
'Just Visiting' (2001) [Remake of 'Les Visiteurs' (1993)]
'Kate & Leopold' (2001)
'The Butterfly Effect' (2004)

'Peggy Sue Got Married', 'Brazil', and the television series "Life on Mars" are the highest recommended... they're landmark franchises, 4 star works and while not as popular as 'Back to the Future', 'Pleasantville' or 'Donnie Darko' they're just as superb. Some of my suggestions are suspect at best ('Melinda and Melinda' was one of my least favorite Woody Allen films, but I appreciate what the director was trying to do, therefore it makes the list).

I'm not bringing the 'Matrix' films into this. The first film was mediocre sci-fi at best, and the sequels were so overrated and overhyped they've created a wake of good storytelling in lieu of special effects extravaganzas. They weren't the first 'box-office-raping blockbusters', but they've tainted the world of cinema, at least here in the States. They're remaking any horror film that's at least 20 years old these days... that's all it takes to get a film greenlit in Hollywood.

And I'm not bringing up 'Freejack' either. If you want to talk about rock stars acting, I'd sooner discuss the 'The Linguini Incident'. That's just my opinion.

If you have and film recommendations for fans of this film or want to discuss this list, feel free. I'd like to hear from fans of this film, and discuss other films I might have missed out on.

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[–] gingersnap444 17 years ago

I haven't seen any of the other movies referenced here but it reminded my a lot of Kieslowski's Double Life of Veronique. Also Rachel Griffith looks a lot like a mix of Juliette Binoche and Irene Jacob who have both been in Kieslowski's movies.

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