Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
wsherrett-677-936271
I've always liked Cameron Crowe's movies. Not a big fan of Tom Cruise, but whatever. So, the New York Times reviewer got it right, give the guy credit for trying to open up the romcom format. I'm writing this 13 years after the movie's release, and you may notice that there are over 500 reviews of this film here. The only rap on the film I would go along with would be Orlando Bloom's wooden acting, but using him rather than a big name star may have been the deciding factor in getting the film made. And it only helps to highlight Kirsten Dunst's energetic performance.After the box office tanking of Vanilla Sky, Cameron may have chosen to turn his experience into a movie, which has been the pattern in his writing career from the beginning. The opening segment borrows heavily from Blake Edward's S.O.B., a 1981 comedy from a writer-director with a similar career arc. And the supporting cast is populated by interesting people like Judy Greer and Louden Wainwright, one advantage of being a Hollywood insider with many friends. The story sails along after that opening bit towards the (spoiler) happy ending with a completely unpredictable sequence of encounters. Any instances of conflict over family issues are resolved with rounds of laughter. I would have edited out much of Susan Sarandon's role, but that's about the only critical thing I can come up with. Favorite line: "Is there such a thing as partial cremation?"
doappel
A movie with some touching moments, but not really "8/10 great". What makes it special for me though, is that the role of Claire Colburn offers the exact mixture of charm and emotional ride between sadness to joy, that is perfect for Kirsten Dunst.
Maggie303
This movie frustrated me soo much because the dialogue between the characters was complete and other nonsense!! It really was so self indulgent, pointless and annoying (unless you talk out of your ass all day.) It tries to be profound but fails miserably, its like a drunk person that wont stop talking crap,,,embarrassing. Audiences really deserve better. I was never really a fan of orlando Bloom, he hasn't shown much talent in a movie ever but I don't dislike him. I love kristen Dunst. Talent totally wasted.. I loved almost famous but I really will be very pessimistic about anything Cameron Crowe does if he can release garbage like this. And if you like this I really think you need to get a life, I normally don't write reviews but like someone who reviewed this already said it is a complete SHAME that this movie was made,
Armand
it has a lot of sins. too long, too ambitious, ambiguous, too confuse in many scenes, unrealistic. it has a lot of virtues. the cast, the music, the sensitive line of story, the humor and the poetic parts. short, it is a special film who choose its public in precise manner. far to be great or memorable, it represents an inspired mixture of lovely moments and nice meditation about the most important things from life.sure, the performances are not great and the two hours could be too much but that are only details. important is the romance in not bad package. and the result.who, maybe, is not seductive at all,but it is a good soup for few souls. that could be all.
