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Post by Allenism on Mar 14, 2023 21:47:56 GMT
I rewatched this the other day, and it still completely baffles me how it was so tepidly rated upon its initial release. I really can't find anything significantly wrong with it, aside from the fact that it was mis-marketed as a "chick flick" when the themes it touches on run much deeper than that. Diaz has never been better (she tramples on most of the performances that actually made the Best Actress category that year, and yes, that includes the performance which won), and Collette unsurprisingly makes for an equally compelling scene partner. I remember people scratching their heads over how Curtis Hanson went from L.A. Confidential to this, but it's really not that jarring when you consider the film's deceptively complex portrayal of inter-generational trauma and the way secrets and lies can carve such differing paths for the children forced to cope with it.
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Post by ibbi on Mar 14, 2023 22:39:00 GMT
Agreed. Love that movie. The two leads are really good (agreed that Diaz was never better, what's more remarkable is I think she's better than her co-star), so is Shirley Mac, and anyone who said anything like that about Curtis Hanson probably never saw anything he did other than L.A. Confidential and the Eminem movie.
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Post by michael128 on Mar 15, 2023 2:03:58 GMT
I will watch it for the first time tonight. Thank you for the lovely reco (recommendation).
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Post by Martin Stett on Mar 15, 2023 2:11:59 GMT
The mismarketing is the key takeaway. People dismissed it as a fluffy romcom, and weren't expecting to have their hearts trampled on. Nearly the best film of the (admittedly very weak) year.
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Post by Allenism on Mar 15, 2023 19:11:34 GMT
Agreed. Love that movie. The two leads are really good (agreed that Diaz was never better, what's more remarkable is I think she's better than her co-star), so is Shirley Mac, and anyone who said anything like that about Curtis Hanson probably never saw anything he did other than L.A. Confidential and the Eminem movie. Remiss for not mentioning Shirls, who I'm normally not a big fan of. She brings a gentleness here which movingly underscores the film's theme of late-in-life redemption. Kinda curious how she wasn't really even in the conversation for Best S. Actress that year, as stacked as that category was. |
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Post by forksforest on Mar 16, 2023 1:56:00 GMT
Such an underrated gem, I really like it. It sold me on Diaz being someone w potential.
This thread makes me want to rewatch it, it’s been a while. It was def sold as a romcom, which it really isn’t lol but the trailers also market it as “from the director that brought you LA Confidential and 8 Mile” which I find hilarious.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 17, 2023 1:43:50 GMT
It's soooooo good. I revisited it while making a Curtis Hanson montage and it holds up so well. I really liked it when it first came out, but it hit a lot different the second time because old...? Collette and Diaz are so good together, and MacLaine is as wonderful as always.
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Post by speeders on Mar 17, 2023 10:19:30 GMT
Well, I guess I have to watch this now given the enthuasism on this thread. I always dismissed it at a schmaltzy rom com.
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Post by flasuss on Mar 17, 2023 11:13:59 GMT
Well, I guess I have to watch this now given the enthuasism on this thread. I always dismissed it at a schmaltzy rom com. Same here. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Mar 17, 2023 14:31:19 GMT
Well, I guess I have to watch this now given the enthuasism on this thread. I always dismissed it at a schmaltzy rom com. Same |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2023 16:03:00 GMT
Well, I guess I have to watch this now given the enthuasism on this thread. I always dismissed it at a schmaltzy rom com. Yup. Edit: just watched the trailer and went "nope" man lol. |
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Post by umberto on Apr 2, 2023 3:15:56 GMT
Really enjoyed this movie, though I admit I'm partial to the work of director Curtis Hanson.
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Post by taranofprydain on May 31, 2024 22:11:04 GMT
It's really a very good film. I recall seeing it at one point and thinking that Diaz was at her career best level, that the film itself was quite strong, and that Shirley MacLaine was as wonderful as ever.
Last year, my mother came across it on TV so I rewatched it, and it really is so much better than some of the films that got Oscar nods that year. It is a shame that the studio betrayed it with that trailer.
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Post by Pasquale on Jun 1, 2024 8:29:55 GMT
Yes, caught it on tv a while back (maybe halfway through its length) and it felt lovely.
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