Great black comedy ala "War of the Roses"
Added 11/7/2009
This movie is so funny. Kenneth Brannagh is great. It is a black comedy in the "War of the Roses" type but so worth seeing.
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Kenneth Branagh
Added 10/17/2009
If you like Kenneth Branagh and have a dry sense of humour, you'll like this movie. I saw it on tv and liked it so much that I bought it. I've watched it several times and got a good chuckle every time.
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Why do you people think this is a good film?????
Added 10/5/2009
1 - there is so much mumbling that I had to use the spanish subtitles
2 - is there a more obvious plot than the curmudgeon opening up in the presence of innocence?
3 - what about the 'play within a play' is supposed to signal the viewer that Peter is a great writer? It seemed SOOO trite. And the production team seemed to just sit around and wait for it to get better. It would have helped if there had been some exposition about why they hired the theatre BEFORE he finished the play.
4 - why was the neighbor lady so black and white? Why were the media interviews so ham-handed? Why would Peter do them if they were always like that ?
5 - could also have used some exposition on why Peter's wife loves him and why she remains so cheery while he is such a pill. There is no indication that he is usually nicer when he doesn't have writer's block.
I chose this film because y'all raved about it and because of Branagh. I think the best thing was the child actor. She was great. And it was a good choice to have her mildly handicapped as a parrallel to Peter's highly functioning person who doesn't fit in.
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A slow movie that is kind of pointless?
Added 6/18/2009
Kenneth Branagh is a famous Shakespearian actor who seems really out of place in a slow human drama in which he plays an aging playwright
trying to have children with his wife. The movie is more like a kind of situation comedy where the hero gets abuse from even the theater janitor.
The result isn't interesting or funny enough even with very good acting.
I didn't much like this movie.
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A Winning Combination
Added 11/10/2007
I can't remember seeing a film I could relate to more. This picture, just like real life, is a rollercoaster ride of trial, frustration, surprise, tenderness, love, and laughter. The characters will remind you of people in your own life. At times you want to slap main character Peter McGowen, and moments later embrace him. The acting is believable, engaging and entertaining.
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Great black comedy ala "War of the Roses"
Added 11/7/2009
This movie is so funny. Kenneth Brannagh is great. It is a black comedy in the "War of the Roses" type but so worth seeing.
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Kenneth Branagh
Added 10/17/2009
If you like Kenneth Branagh and have a dry sense of humour, you'll like this movie. I saw it on tv and liked it so much that I bought it. I've watched it several times and got a good chuckle every time.
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Why do you people think this is a good film?????
Added 10/5/2009
1 - there is so much mumbling that I had to use the spanish subtitles
2 - is there a more obvious plot than the curmudgeon opening up in the presence of innocence?
3 - what about the 'play within a play' is supposed to signal the viewer that Peter is a great writer? It seemed SOOO trite. And the production team seemed to just sit around and wait for it to get better. It would have helped if there had been some exposition about why they hired the theatre BEFORE he finished the play.
4 - why was the neighbor lady so black and white? Why were the media interviews so ham-handed? Why would Peter do them if they were always like that ?
5 - could also have used some exposition on why Peter's wife loves him and why she remains so cheery while he is such a pill. There is no indication that he is usually nicer when he doesn't have writer's block.
I chose this film because y'all raved about it and because of Branagh. I think the best thing was the child actor. She was great. And it was a good choice to have her mildly handicapped as a parrallel to Peter's highly functioning person who doesn't fit in.
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