Yesterday brought me to the cinema again, to see Dan in Real Life and Love and Other Disasters.
Dan in Real Life is nice, but not really remarkable. I wouldn’t spend any money for it (again). The story is not surprising, but you can find comfort in the old and known schemes of a RomCom. Special mention of the soundtrack (by Sondre Lerche) though, it’s really good.
[Just a small sidenote: I am from a big family myself but I couldn’t stand this family. No way. I have learned in the course of my life that you can only survive family meetings, no matter how close you are, if you have the possibility to leave for a bit and go into reclusion. That’s not possible in this family, they have programme 24/7. And they have never heard of tact. Never.]
Love and Other Disasters on the other hand is really good. The only thing that is a disaster about it, is its marketing. That’s a lesson in how to make sure you attract the wrong crowd.
I was expecting something in the way of Just Married – a lot of slapstick, no brain. What I got was a really sweet, funny and *gasp* intelligent comedy which doesn’t take itself too seriously and therefore is able to have jokes on the meta-level, about the film biz, about making movies, about writing a screenplay.
Writer-director Alek Keshishian is somebody to look out for. Though I’m afraid that his movies will never be huge productions, especially if marketed as Ashton Kutcher style comedies which will make the audience seeing it disappointed and the audience who would enjoy it, stay away.
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I havent seen Dan In Real Life. Would you recommend it? Plus, how is Juliet Binoche?
Dan in Real Life is ok. It has its moments but mostly it’s predictable and goes in through one ear, coming out the other right away. Juliette Binoche has done better movies and has performed better.
I’d not recommend spending a lot of money for it. If you bored and don’t have anything else to do, you can check it out in the cinema, but I’d wait for the DVD and rent it or watch it when it comes out on TV.
I really really liked Dan in Real Life. A lot. A very understated restrained performance by Carrell…and I like the whole sibling rivalry thing and all. Plus that song that plays during the credits…brilliant!
The kind of film that makes me all warm and fuzzy. :)
I liked the music as well. But what bothered me about the movie was that every single detail was predictable. It’s ok to have the main storyline being predictable (in those kind of films) but not every detail.
And honetly, the family rivalry was a little too much for my taste. The whole family was a little too much.
The music was great, though.
nice one, that’s what I call a sandwich feedback! ;)
btw: “in bruges” – watch it!
(will probably take another while before it hits austrian cinemas though i guess)
Oh yeah, the sandwich feedback :)
I think in bruges comes out in May only… As you recommend it, I guess it’s good? :)
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