Went to the movies earlier tonight to see.
he's just not that into youstarring
Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Connelly, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Connolly, Kris Kristofferson
I'm no "Jonafon Woss" when it comes to film criticism, but in my humble opinion this film, billed as "a twenty and thirty-somethings struggle with the tragicomedy of modern romance" is a load of self-indulgent "tosh".
Sure, there's loads of "eye-candy", lots of moist lip quivering from Scarlett Johansson, the usual quota of meaningful brow furrowing and attentive pouting from Jennifer Aniston and stubble-framed tooth twinkling smiles from Ben Affleck...etc., but no coherent story line.
It's as if the film company had scoured it's books to find which of their contracted "stars" were unprofitably "between films", bundled together a series of "cameo-performances" and sold them on as a "package", in much the same way that bankers did with all those dodgy mortgages recently. I think the viewer is supposed to identify with the predicaments and/or responses of the characters..... but I didn't.
Ha! Ha!.... I just checked guardian.co.uk to see what Peter Bradshaw (the film critic) has to say about this film... and here's HIS verdict !
"An unendurable relationship-romcom, which you should avoid the way you would a glass of punch with a frothy gob of Anthrax floating on the surface. It stars a string of dead-eyed mid-career thirtysomethings who do not appear to be carbon-based lifeforms, and it's based on a 2004 self-help bestseller, once boosted by a mention on TV's Sex and the City. Going wanly through the motions are Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and also Scarlett Johansson, whose screen presence and star-voltage is not what it was."
Peter Bradshaw
The GUARDIAN
Friday 6 February 2009
Sure, there's loads of "eye-candy", lots of moist lip quivering from Scarlett Johansson, the usual quota of meaningful brow furrowing and attentive pouting from Jennifer Aniston and stubble-framed tooth twinkling smiles from Ben Affleck...etc., but no coherent story line.
It's as if the film company had scoured it's books to find which of their contracted "stars" were unprofitably "between films", bundled together a series of "cameo-performances" and sold them on as a "package", in much the same way that bankers did with all those dodgy mortgages recently. I think the viewer is supposed to identify with the predicaments and/or responses of the characters..... but I didn't.
Ha! Ha!.... I just checked guardian.co.uk to see what Peter Bradshaw (the film critic) has to say about this film... and here's HIS verdict !
"An unendurable relationship-romcom, which you should avoid the way you would a glass of punch with a frothy gob of Anthrax floating on the surface. It stars a string of dead-eyed mid-career thirtysomethings who do not appear to be carbon-based lifeforms, and it's based on a 2004 self-help bestseller, once boosted by a mention on TV's Sex and the City. Going wanly through the motions are Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and also Scarlett Johansson, whose screen presence and star-voltage is not what it was."
Peter BradshawThe GUARDIAN
Friday 6 February 2009
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