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Movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

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oilgun:

--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 19, 2007, 09:37:33 am ---"...like the widespread delusion that Scarlett Johansson can act."


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I thought I was the only one who felt like that!  (Especially after watching her deer-in-headlights performance in the Black Dahlia, yikes!)

The review was certainly entertaining, thanks for posting it. 

I do have to confess that I've enjoyed most of Adam Sandler's movies, even Little Nicky. (Please don't ostracise me!) I guess they are a guilty pleasure but for low-brow entertainment I appreciate the conspicuous lack of anti-gay jokes. (Same goes for the Jackass films) 

I don't think I'll see Chuck & Larry at the cinema but it looks like it's worth a rental. If only for sociological reasons, lol!

SFEnnisSF:
I'm really on the fence about what to think about this movie.  Hmmmm...

serious crayons:
That Village Voice piece was really interesting. Thanks for posting it!

I probably won't see it because I'm not a big fan of Adam Sandler movies. In fact, the movie I liked Adam Sandler best in was Spanglish, and I absolutely hated Spanglish. But I hated it for other reasons -- Adam Sandler himself was less obnoxious than usual in it. I haven't seen any of the others where he is "acting," like Punch Drunk Love or that one with Don Cheadle. But I think he seems better off trying to be a good actor than trying to be a good comedian.

That said, I now have a much more optimistic opinion of the movie than I did before!

Lumière:
Thanks for posting that review, Leslie! 
It was very fun to read..  ;)

MaineWriter:

--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on July 19, 2007, 12:40:39 pm ---
That said, I now have a much more optimistic opinion of the movie than I did before!


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Now keep in mind, it is at 20% over on rottentomatoes.com. There are plenty of reviewers who are ripping this to shreds and others (the New York Times) who aren't even bothering to review it. I just found the Village Voice reviewer's perspective (a gay man, obviously) interesting.

L

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