Indie snob asshole prick fuckface! You just think of what's the "contrary" thing to say and pretend that's what you think! Do your job for once! You're an asshole! You hate every movie, including Avatar, which is empirically amazing! Savage, fire him! I hope you fall off the viaduct and die!
You fucking asshole, if you fall off the viaduct and die, traffic'll be backed up to fuck and gone, and everybody'll miss the fireworks, and you'll RUIN NEW YEARS. So self-centered. I swear.
I saw this movie with family, because it seems like the holidays always involved the obligatory "mom" movie. It wasn't my favorite at all, but it was entertaining (for a mom movie). Most importantly, you missed a good performance by John Krasinski (Jim from The Office).
It looks like total "mom porn" - more than one guy vying for the attention of a middle-aged lady, a la Something's Gotta Give. So tell me, any gays out there: is there enough Hunter Parrish to make this movie worth my while?
i saw it (for free, at least) and it came thisclose to actually fitting the "woman alive, happy and not in love" test that like, 4 movies have ever passed, and i was actually nearly convinced that it might redeem itself from the 5 hour drag that the rest of the movie was. but no. no, no, no. in the last fucking minute of the movie. blerg.
My rich, Republican aunt likes crappy movies, and even this one she said wasn't worth the money she spend on it. Part of that, she admitted, was because Alec Baldwin is a liberal and she can't stand to look at him...
Actually I'm thinking ignorant dumb fuckwhit who would like everyone to think he's not being a snob, but would really like everyone to think he's a snob. You guys review nearly every piece of shit movie that hollywood dishes out. I imagine in reality at the moment that you were supposed to be watching this film you were probably giving savage a blow job, which is probably how you got the job in the first place.
I thought you guys usually passed movies off to Charles Mudede? He could write a whole four sentences comparing It's Complicated to the Boxer Rebellion and then masturbate furiously. You know, like normal.
"Streep in her kitchen after her daughter has driven off, sighing, taking off her earrings, eating a grape, and lugubriously looking out the window, either because her daughter has just driven off or because she can't remember why she agreed to be in a movie with such stock characters and over-the-top product placement aimed at middle-aged women..."
Nice. #16: ""mom porn" . . . also nice.
I've yet to see a Nancy Meyers film. I doubt I'd loathe any of them, but I never felt an overwhelming desire to see one either. I did get a kick, though, out of a line I saw in a preview from "Something's Gotta Give", where Jack Nicholson's character asks Diane Keaton's character, "What's with the turtlenecks?", because I've always found turtlenecks to be one of the most unsexy articles of clothing on a woman.
I sat through the whole thing, and it was not very good. But it was pretty fun looking for all the boom mics that drop into the shot. It happened in just about every other shot!
I heard it was better than it sounded like it was going to be. Which does not mean that I will go see it, of course, but if it's on a plane in a couple of months, I might watch.
You should have stuck with it a little longer. The Baldwin and guy from the office were awesome. A good ensemble cast. Baldwin grabbing streeps crotch in the typical post sex in bed "L" shaped sheet scene was the turning point for greatness I think. Lots of pot scene lols too.
Jane (played by Meryl Streep) is a self-reliant divorcée who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara, California. After 10 years of separation and three grown children, she finally achieves a good relationship with her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin), a successful attorney who has remarried the much-younger Agness.
Jane and Jake attend their son Luke's college graduation in New York. A dinner together develops into an affair, making Jane "the other woman". Part of Jane knows it is wrong, since Jake and Agness are still married and trying to have a baby; the other part of Jane relishes in being "the other woman" and continues the affair with Jake in Santa Barbara. Jake is just enjoying the clandestine sex and doesn't show much interest in Jane's growth as a person.
Their children know nothing of their parents' affair, although Harley (engaged to their daughter Lauren) spots them in a hotel and keeps silent. Agness knows nothing, as Jake still has sex with her on demand; her five-year-old son Pedro suspects something when Jake makes phone calls from the bathroom.
Complicating matters is Adam (Steve Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane's home, who is himself healing from a divorce of his own, and who has begun to fall in love with Jane. He spends time getting to know her as a person. One night, she takes him to her bakery-restaurant and offers to make him anything; he asks for a chocolate croissant, which she makes from scratch. This takes hours, and they enjoy the time together. As her architect, he shows great sensitivity in listening to her needs and vision for her remodeled kitchen and bedroom.
Eventually, Adam learns Jane is still seeing Jake. Adam knows his boundaries and tells Jane he cannot continue seeing her as this triangle will only lead to heartbreak. Her kids also find out, and they are not happy about Mom and Dad getting together again, as they are still recovering from the divorce ten years ago. Jane tells them she is not getting back with their dad, who then drives off in his Porsche. Agness has also kicked him out.
The film ends with Adam returning to Jane's house to work on her addition and before the credits roll Jane and Adam are seen laughing while walking into her house.
I laughed a lot during this movie. So did my partner and our friend and a theater full of people. We see some "sophisticated" movies and read some "sophisticated" books, and sometimes we enjoy some simple entertainment that makes us laugh, smile, and cry. Some people on this site need to get over themselves.
There's no good way to say this, Christopher Frizzelle: your movie non-reviews are better written and more entertaining than the movie reviews The Stranger's film editor writes.
I watched it with my ex-wife, we laughed all the way through it and there's aGreat chance that we may get back together. This is a Great Movie. Let's be thankful fellow Americans, that we have the leisure to sit around and critque movies!! Thank You God.
Retired Military of 24Yrs USA.
I watched it with my ex-wife, we laughed all the way through it and there's aGreat chance that we may get back together. This is a Great Movie. Let's be thankful fellow Americans, that we have the leisure to sit around and critque movies!! Thank You God.
Retired Military of 24Yrs USA.
nancy meyers films? uhh, no thanks.
Nice. #16: ""mom porn" . . . also nice.
I've yet to see a Nancy Meyers film. I doubt I'd loathe any of them, but I never felt an overwhelming desire to see one either. I did get a kick, though, out of a line I saw in a preview from "Something's Gotta Give", where Jack Nicholson's character asks Diane Keaton's character, "What's with the turtlenecks?", because I've always found turtlenecks to be one of the most unsexy articles of clothing on a woman.
Something Women Gotta Want: Jack Nicholson & Mel Gibson: 0
Something's Gotta Give: Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton: 1
What Women Want: Mel Gibson & Helen Hunt: 3
It's Complicated: Alec Baldwin & Meryl Streep: 5
What Women Want Is Complicated: Meryl Streep & Helen Hunt: 8
Jane (played by Meryl Streep) is a self-reliant divorcée who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara, California. After 10 years of separation and three grown children, she finally achieves a good relationship with her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin), a successful attorney who has remarried the much-younger Agness.
Jane and Jake attend their son Luke's college graduation in New York. A dinner together develops into an affair, making Jane "the other woman". Part of Jane knows it is wrong, since Jake and Agness are still married and trying to have a baby; the other part of Jane relishes in being "the other woman" and continues the affair with Jake in Santa Barbara. Jake is just enjoying the clandestine sex and doesn't show much interest in Jane's growth as a person.
Their children know nothing of their parents' affair, although Harley (engaged to their daughter Lauren) spots them in a hotel and keeps silent. Agness knows nothing, as Jake still has sex with her on demand; her five-year-old son Pedro suspects something when Jake makes phone calls from the bathroom.
Complicating matters is Adam (Steve Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane's home, who is himself healing from a divorce of his own, and who has begun to fall in love with Jane. He spends time getting to know her as a person. One night, she takes him to her bakery-restaurant and offers to make him anything; he asks for a chocolate croissant, which she makes from scratch. This takes hours, and they enjoy the time together. As her architect, he shows great sensitivity in listening to her needs and vision for her remodeled kitchen and bedroom.
Eventually, Adam learns Jane is still seeing Jake. Adam knows his boundaries and tells Jane he cannot continue seeing her as this triangle will only lead to heartbreak. Her kids also find out, and they are not happy about Mom and Dad getting together again, as they are still recovering from the divorce ten years ago. Jane tells them she is not getting back with their dad, who then drives off in his Porsche. Agness has also kicked him out.
The film ends with Adam returning to Jane's house to work on her addition and before the credits roll Jane and Adam are seen laughing while walking into her house.
My review: Lame.
Retired Military of 24Yrs USA.
Retired Military of 24Yrs USA.