Some SPOILERS possible.
Uptown Girls... kind of excited to start watching this since I liked Britanny very much on Just Married and absolutely loved Dakota Fanning in Trapped and I Am Sam. Well, was I dissapointed...
Let's go one thing at a time. The story is just a big mess and has no recognizable point. Is it about struggling for independence? Is it about the "gray bossy girl" turning into the "pink fun girl"? Is it about romance and love? Or tragic loss of parents and coping with it? Or was it all just an excuse for some gags and jokes? My guess it that it was all of this and much more mixed into what turned out to be a huge mess. It touched all these subjects so superficially it hurt, and really got into my nerves. It failed in every possible way. Come on, any B-movies writer could do a lot better. The links between scenes made no sense most of the time. They had no real connection. The ending was a nice little surprise, I admit, but couldn't save the film. It was like a good end to a mediocre beginning and middle part, and that just doesn't work, because what we had before was too bad. Had they worked more on the heart of the film, the ending could have been ten times as great. Maybe if they grabbed onto the finish and tried to write the script backwards...
The characters were so badly developed I couldn't believe it. You feel like you don't know anybody and obviously don't know what to expect from each one (which is a big deal if you want to surprise the audience). What's the matter with that singer guy? Who is he? What goes on in his head? What the hell is he doing in the film? And Ingrid... what is her part in all this? Just a pretty face? The way relationships were resolved was too awful.
I guess my expectations were too high. Or maybe the movie actually failed to achieve any of its purposes. Speaking of them, what were they anyway? What is this film supposed to be? Should it be a comedy? A drama? A mix of both? Well, maybe I smiled three times during the movie. That doesn't make it a comedy (and I have a wide sense of humor). I never felt sad for the characters or situations. I was never thrilled to see "what will happen next". I felt nothing. Sincerely, I was just waiting for the movie to end since the first 10 minutes... hoping and trying to enjoy what I could during that hour.
I'm not saying it was a painful experience, since it is always nice to look at Britanny, and I really enjoyed the chemistry between her and Dakota. Also, that pig just rules! Every time that animal appeared on screen, it lifted my hopes up again, like some sort of fuel you need to endure the journey. Huey, now that's a character (could be a lot better though) and I liked to see some guitars around too, but that's just about it concerning the strong features.
Overall, if I tell you that I've probably gave more thought into writing this than the authors did while imagining the film, do I need to say more?
Rating: 2 / 10
Uptown Girls... kind of excited to start watching this since I liked Britanny very much on Just Married and absolutely loved Dakota Fanning in Trapped and I Am Sam. Well, was I dissapointed...
Let's go one thing at a time. The story is just a big mess and has no recognizable point. Is it about struggling for independence? Is it about the "gray bossy girl" turning into the "pink fun girl"? Is it about romance and love? Or tragic loss of parents and coping with it? Or was it all just an excuse for some gags and jokes? My guess it that it was all of this and much more mixed into what turned out to be a huge mess. It touched all these subjects so superficially it hurt, and really got into my nerves. It failed in every possible way. Come on, any B-movies writer could do a lot better. The links between scenes made no sense most of the time. They had no real connection. The ending was a nice little surprise, I admit, but couldn't save the film. It was like a good end to a mediocre beginning and middle part, and that just doesn't work, because what we had before was too bad. Had they worked more on the heart of the film, the ending could have been ten times as great. Maybe if they grabbed onto the finish and tried to write the script backwards...
The characters were so badly developed I couldn't believe it. You feel like you don't know anybody and obviously don't know what to expect from each one (which is a big deal if you want to surprise the audience). What's the matter with that singer guy? Who is he? What goes on in his head? What the hell is he doing in the film? And Ingrid... what is her part in all this? Just a pretty face? The way relationships were resolved was too awful.
I guess my expectations were too high. Or maybe the movie actually failed to achieve any of its purposes. Speaking of them, what were they anyway? What is this film supposed to be? Should it be a comedy? A drama? A mix of both? Well, maybe I smiled three times during the movie. That doesn't make it a comedy (and I have a wide sense of humor). I never felt sad for the characters or situations. I was never thrilled to see "what will happen next". I felt nothing. Sincerely, I was just waiting for the movie to end since the first 10 minutes... hoping and trying to enjoy what I could during that hour.
I'm not saying it was a painful experience, since it is always nice to look at Britanny, and I really enjoyed the chemistry between her and Dakota. Also, that pig just rules! Every time that animal appeared on screen, it lifted my hopes up again, like some sort of fuel you need to endure the journey. Huey, now that's a character (could be a lot better though) and I liked to see some guitars around too, but that's just about it concerning the strong features.
Overall, if I tell you that I've probably gave more thought into writing this than the authors did while imagining the film, do I need to say more?
Rating: 2 / 10