Runtime:
90 minutes
Directed
by: Paddy Breathnach
Starring:
Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Bill Nighy, Josh Hartnett, Rachael
Leigh Cook
From:
Intermedia Films
Here
is the first film I saw in that long four film marathon on Tuesday.
It's a mainly British production and it has a mainly British cast,
and it gives the world the chance to see Hartnett do a British
accent. It goes about as well as you'd think. I realized it this week
but he really was the Channing Tatum of his time. Except, in recent
times Tatum has actually gotten praise for his roles, which I don't
know if that ever happened with old Josh. It seemed like he vanished
but from looking at Wikipedia, he's done small indie movies and also
such things as going into the theater world.
As
for this movie, what an interesting topic it is about... British
hairdressers and the British Hairdressing Championship! I'll just
assume that's actually what happens in Britain even if it's not true.
You see it centered around two families, the hero Allen family and
the mainly bad Robertson family. The former is veteran hairdresser
Alan Rickman, his former wife Natasha Richardson, their daughter and
their son (Hartnett). They go against Bill Nighy who is not a very
nice man; however, his half-American daughter (Cook) is there
visiting and she's definitely nicer than her dad and all the wacky
crew he hangs out with. There's various stories revolving around the
multi day competition, including the expected romance between Josh
and Rachael and what troubles that cause.
The
film certainly is on a unique subject but for the most part it's
rather straight-forward. There's some comedic moments and a nice
amount of funny lines but there is also drama. For example,
Richarson's character is quite ill with cancer. In 2012, that comes
across as especially sad, for obvious reasons. There aren't too many
surprises but it's still pleasant and entertaining. There's also such
things as a small role from Heidi Klum, and not surprisingly for that
time in her life there was a scene of her in her bra and panties...
which I did not complain about.
Oh,
and the soundtrack was a pleasant surprise to me. There are some
covers of old songs that you should recognize and there are various
old tunes used, such as Bachman Turner Overdrive's You Ain't Seen
Nothing Yet, Bill Withers' Lovely Day, Climax Blues Band and their
one big hit Couldn't Get It Right, and even a remix of Santa
Esmeralda's Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; Kill Bill wasn't the first
to use that song.
I'll
be back Sunday night with a two-fer.
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