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If you've seen the trailer.........
you can probably figure out that this movie is about two small town
lovers, Gilly and Jo (played by Chris Klein and Heather Graham), who are
torn apart because everyone thinks that they are brother and sister when
in fact they are not. It's not incest....it's just a terrible case
of mistaken identity!
If you've seen the trailer.........you've seen every single funny scene
in
this film.
If you've seen the trailer.........don't bother seeing the movie, it
wasn't even worth the price of the discounted matinee ticket I got.
Needless to say I didn't like this film much. Chris Klein plays
the same sensitive, sweet sort of guy that he's played in all his other
films (i.e. "Election", "American Pie", etc.).
Heather Graham....what can I say about her. I used to think she
was cute....in a blonde doofus kind of way....but now I'm just sick of
her. Like Klein, she seems to be playing the same character over
and over again...not exactly the same character of course...but you know
what I mean-- the blonde doofus who's supposed to be sexy for some
reason. Personally I think she looks like an alien...her chin is
too small and her eyes are too big (but that's just my totally catty
opinion). Anyway.....
The only redeeming aspect of the film are the chuckles (not laughs
really) that come from the interaction between Jo's (Graham's) parents
played by Sally Fields and Richard Jenkins. Jo's father is a
wheelchair bound, cranky, bastard and Jo's mom is a money grubbing,
white trash, leach. There are a few gags involving these two
characters that will make most people giggle, but that's about
it.
Don't get me wrong, there are a bunch of jokes in the movie that are
pretty funny but like I said before-- almost every single big joke was
given away in the trailer! There are also a few totally disgusting
gross-out scenes ala "There's Something About Mary" so don't
be too shocked when you see Klein punch a cow in the butt and get his
arm stuck in it's....well, um....you know. Yucky? Yes.
Funny? Not really.
Recommendation: I'll make
this really easy for you: Don't pay to see this film if you've
seen the trailer....you'll be paying for laughs that you've already been
given for free AND (more importantly) you'll be wasting two hours of
your life that you can never get back. I'm sure those of you who
haven't seen the trailer are asking, "But Patsy, I haven't seen the
trailer? What should I do?".....my response: If you
have a really good sense of humor and you really want to see a movie and
you can't think of anything better to do....sure go see it! You'll
get a few laughs I'm sure but don't blame me if you're not completely
satisfied.
-- Patsy
( 1 out of 4 pops )
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