It should work, mentally vulnerable but sexy country star, cold, reserved but handsome manager/husband and two wannabe's along for the (ahem) ride(s). The best thing was the music, there's some great tracks and Paltrow reputedly learned to play the guitar to carry this character off but each of the characters were so poorly developed it was hard not to predict the films tired scenes. Country is all about blues and hardship but the script was like something out of Dallas on occasions. It was hard to take the baby bird metaphor seriously and it went on wayyyyy too long and the ambivilence each of the characters displayed to one another just didn't make me care what happened to any of them..honestly, I was more worried about what happened to the chick than them! If after 20 minutes they all got on the tour bus and were wiped out as a result of a fatal car accident I would have been cool with that.. but this went on for another 100 minutes.. harsh I know but Jesus, the amount of starving kids this films budget could have fed is scandalous
Reviews
3 Reviews
Not Simon Peggs usual, but quirky and dark
11 December 2012
By now we're all aware of Simon Peggs films and his penchant for the bizarre, off beat and ridiculous, although still bizarre and ridiculous this is quite a change to his more commercial films. The film focuses on the main character (in his grubby and stained chewing gum gray Y fronts and his grubby and stained bedroom) for most of the time. If this is ringing alarm bells for you I would understand if your clicky fingers hovered over the X and went roaming around for something that didn't require any thought or effort on your part, but stick with it! Peggs characters have always been amiable but lovable losers but this guy is deeply and unashamedly paranoid,unattractive and delusional..I really don't want to give any spoilers away as the film unfolds so beautifully and I went from being slightly repulsed by him initially to cheering him on by the end. I would, however, recommend that you suspend all thoughts of seriousness, its daft, tongue in cheek and very very brave of Pegg to do something so, well; weird but very black and funny.
Faces in the Crowd
(2011)
So so awful it's worth watching just to hate
6 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
OK, so by now your interest should have piqued having read the outlining premise of the movie; Jokovich regains consciousness after being attacked by "tear jerk jack" (!) albeit having lost the ability to read people's faces..where do I begin? Well Jokovich,bless her, does her best to invest in the film, but ultimately runs around making squeaky noises, freaking out over the slightest incident which makes her look like a neurotic housewife having just discovered a mouse. I think the majority of the time she's trying to make up for the hopeless storyline and flat stereotypical characters around her however I have had ironing sessions which are more thrilling than this film. Julian McMahon, once hot and credible, is starting to lose his hair, obviously dyes it and has a substantial middle aged paunch creeping up.. His "I appear to be a gruff, misunderstood, bombastic cop but I'm actually a good guy frustrated at my inability to catch tear jerk jack the serial killer" routine comes across as naff as he dad runs around for most of the film vowing not to let Jokovich "out of his sight" an then proceeds to let her out of his sight so the killer can take advantage of her disability and attempt to rape, murder and cry over her lifeless body. Honestly, that's his Modus operandi; he crys and his killings are linked through DNA profiling the tears found on the bodies - genius! Watch out for marianne faithful (once famous for going out with mick jagger) who has had her lips inflated so much it is hard to understand her; this only enhances (pardon the pun) the ridiculousness of his film. Now excuse me whilst my three year old niece and I, using only chunky crayons and sheets of blank paper, set about creating the next movie for mila to "produce"
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