Dec 07 2008

Four Christmases

Published by Fence under Books

Dir: Seth Gordon
Writ: Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson , Jon Lucas, & Scott Moore

  • Vince Vaughn … Brad
  • Reese Witherspoon … Kate
  • Robert Duvall … Howard
  • Sissy Spacek … Paula
  • Jon Voight … Creighton
  • Jon Favreau … Denver

I didn’t like this film. Not at all. Well, maybe that is a slight lie, cause bits of it were funny, and I did laugh. And some scenes worked well. But overall I really did not like this film. The main reason is that it just tries to hard to sell us this message that I just took exception to.

The two heroes, Brad and Kate, have been together for 3 year and seem to have a pretty good relationship. But if that what it is like at the opening then the audience should know that things aren’t going to continue that way. But they are even all that likeable as characters. They are smug and self-satisfied and selfish. But that is part of this film’s message. It seemed to me to say that if you are a couple who are happy being together without wanting to get married and have children, well then you just don’t know what real happiness is all about. That is family, by the way, in case you haven’t seen other “holiday” films before now.

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Tags: 4 Stars, annoying, Caleb Wilson, comedy, Four Christmases, funny, Jon Favreau, Jon Lucas, Jon Voight, Matt Allen, movies with a message *bleurgh*, not funny, R12A, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Scott Moore, Seth Gordon, shoulda been better, Sissy Spacek, unlikeable smug characters, Vince Vaughn, xmas

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Sep 01 2007

Knocked Up

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

Dir & Writ: Jude Apataw

  • Seth Rogen … Ben Stone
  • Katherine Heigl … Alison Scott
  • Paul Rudd … Pete
  • Leslie Mann … Debbie
  • Alan Tudyk … Jack

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Proudly proclaiming the fact that this is from the same people who brought us The 40 Year Old Virgin this is a film that has been getting a lot of positive word of mouth. It seems like months ago that I first read about it. Of course, this may be because there was a delay between the US release and the release over here.

The story is a fairly simple one; on a drunken night out boy(Ben) meets girl(Alison) and she gets knocked up. This film is pretty much about the relationship between the two about-to-be parents as they come to terms with their new responsibilities. But along side this is the story of Pete and Debbie, Alison’s sister. They are married and have children, but still have a lot of figuring out to do as regards themselves and their relationship.

I really enjoyed this film. It has plenty of laughs, as well as being both harsh and endearing in depicting the relationships in the two couples.

It isn’t perfect though. I didn’t agree with the rave reviews of 40 Year Old Virgin, but this is better, although still not a film I’d be racing to go rewatch. Plenty to entertain though.

Tags: 6 Stars, Alan Tudyk, comedy, funny, Jude Apataw, Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up, Leslie Mann, over-hyped, Paul Rudd, pregnancy, relationships, Seth Rogen, word of mouth

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