Runtime:
94 minutes
Directed
by: Laurent Firode
Starring:
Rachael Leigh Cook, Kenny Doughtr, Paul Hopkins, Valerie Mahaffey
From:
Paragraph Pictures
Tonight,
I figured it was time to see another Rachael film as it has been
almost 2 months since the last time that happened. I figured I should
go with one that I've actually been fearing since I first heard about
it; it's a romantic comedy, which is rarely my thing. Then, the plot
is a “mistaken identity” thing where I figured wacky hijinks
would ensue, and yeah that isn't always my thing either.
Sure,
I was amused to find out that this is about a woman who is about to
be married but then suddenly out of nowhere she becomes a horny chick
who lusts after every man (this isn't subtle, as I found out once I
started watching it) and she tries to fix this by going to church and
who she thinks is the priest she confesses to is actually a
good-looking motorcycle-riding carpenter who was repairing something
in the church. He likes her looks (certainly understandable) and he
falls in love, so he has to play a priest who will help her horniness
while he actually wants to break up the impending marriage... but
still, I was fearing this one.
My
thoughts after watching this movie...well, at least Rachael and the
rest of the cast got to go to Montreal-a city I've love to visit as I
have heard it is great-for a few weeks to film this. Sure, it's
hilarious that she suddenly become such a nymphomaniac that she
couldn't wait THREE DAYS to marry her rich successful man and finally
get laid (he's a religious sort, as we're told early on... although
he doesn't act like that all the time; typical) and she has somehow
never been laid before herself and she has doubts for no reason that
he's even the right man... still, it's a bunch of stupid characters
you can't believe are real human beings acting ridiculous and doing
the wrong thing almost all the time in order to make it a
feature-length movie. Dear God Almighty, there was like a 5 minute
long extended charades scene done for no logical reason except to pad
things out!
In
short, even if you are the type that enjoys romantic comedies, I
imagine there are many better ones out there. Not every actor can be
like John Cazale and only made a few movies and literally every one
is a classic. In fact, just about every actor has some stinkers on
their record and a lot of people would admit that this was one of
those films that was crappy. I unfortuantely have to say that this is
one of Rachael's worst, due to no fault of her. It just turned out
that way. At least I did get some laughs out of it so it wasn't a
total loss, but often I did sigh or shake my head or put my face in
my hands.
I'll
be back Saturday night.
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