Its just fun that's all. This is DVD you pop in when your daughter comes home from college and you want to have something on in the background. Very funny at times and should not be taken as a romantic comedy. It should be taken as farce and satire. The Romantic part is just something to let it glide on. John Cuzak is his usual John Cuzak - shades of Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity together. It's always the same but somehow it turns out slightly different. Catherine Zeta Jones is beautiful and whiny and overacting the role - which is what she was supposed to, do - I think. I've never been a big Julia Roberts fan (except her roles in Ready to Wear and Erin Brockovich) and she didn't seem comfortable doing spoof work as this film demands. Billy Crystal. Well, it's Billy Crystal. "I was Spanish once myself". Underestimated is the role of Stanley Tucci, the beleaguered movie exec. "Makalikasaldbar. Beam salad bean." I don't know but its old.
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A Marvelous Film
12 September 2007
With just enough realism and surrealism, Coppola plays this documentary the way a documentary should be played - an individual with a vision and his attempt to push the limits of the envelope in post-WWII industrial America. The period costumes and music are excellent and accurate, the bittersweet punchline at the end is well done and just understated enough. The camera work is vivid in brilliant Technicolor as opposed to the black and white sometimes reserved for this time period. Frederic Forrest, Christian Slater and Joan Allen are all adequate and the gentle acting of Martin Landau complements Bridges frenzied portrayal. But the focus is always Jeff Bridges who carries Tucker's manic, obsessive, genius with amazing ease. Definitely one of my favorites.
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