Greta Gerwig as 'Naomi'

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I completely agree. I'm currently watching this movie, wondering...wow, who did she bone to get this part?

I disagree. Perhaps it is because I have never liked Liza Minelli, but I saw her as a better love interest than who was cast in the original. She came across as innocent and adorable, which is how I envision the female lead in this movie to be. I can't disassociate Liza from the diva she is in real life, so I can never see her as adorable.

Now, while I think Helen Mirren is great, and she was good here, I still think Gielgud made a better Hobson. Brand and Moore gave different portrayals of the same character and I thought they were both good in their own right.

I rate both movies about the same - decent, but not great.

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Wow yes. i could not stop wondering HOW SHE got cast? I kept thinking even Katy Perry would have been a better choice. she probably saw the original Liza performance way too many times as i swear i heard her try to immolate a Liza-esque inflection. (i saw the original Arthur many many times).

SORRY GRETA! im sure you are a good actress. just no spark. and im sure that was due somewhat to the director.

oh it was a painful film. Russell was not so bad. but Helen Mirin. SPECTACULAR.


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Completely disagree. I think she had a perfect style that matched Brand perfectly. If he is the rich weirdo, she had the kind of poor hippie chick weirdo quality that made them work very well together.

I was discussing this with the wife, I guess she is supposed to be an "up and comer"? I thought she was like a zooey deschanel with all the quirkiness and charm subtracted.

I think maybe budget had something to do with it, with all the notable actors placed throughout the movie who probably require a pretty penny maybe they went with a diamond in the rough approach, find someone who will be a star later on? Time will tell, maybe she is just suited for different types of movies.

I am biased though, I grew up with the original but I guess this is an okay remake but I do enjoy some of brand's humor in his stand up act. The "We are a small demographic line" did make me laugh out load.

I just wonder if why they wouldn't try katy perry in this role, even if she couldn't act it still would have made alot more money to see these 2 on screen.

She reminded me of the characters Zooey Deschanel usually plays. Kind of a calm, sleepy sweetness with a sense of adventure. Zooey is of course very pretty, but the woman in this movie seems more genuine in my opinion.

I agree !!

I think Greta was not a good choice, and clearly not as good as Liza in the original. One line was very apparent - 'Closet'. When Liza said that line she was all eyes and demeanor, really gave that line meaning. With Greta, she was sleep-walking! I even had to think twice what Greta meant - that Arthur had mistakenly gone into the closet. Then I remembered the same line delivered by Liza, to understand what Greta meant when she said 'closet'.