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jayes_musings) wrote2008-05-28 07:58 am
jayes_musings) wrote2008-05-28 07:58 am
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Review: One More Kiss
All I ever seem to do now is write movie reviews!...I blame Netflix. *g*
So, One More Kiss is an early film of Gerard Butler's, and he's decidedly lovely and fresh-faced in this...and really that's the only positive thing I have to say about the entire thing. The basic premise is that Sam's (Gerry's character) ex-girlfriend has returned to Scotland from the U.S. with the news that she's dying from a brain tumour. She asks him to spend time with her and do stuff (basically a Bucket List) before she shuffles off the mortal coil. The trouble is, Sam is married, and his wife (understandably) isn't thrilled by this.
It is supposed to be a story about spending what time we have left to the fullest, and not being afraid to take a chance because we might never get to do it, otherwise. Those points aren't implied by the story as they should be but blatantly stated...and they have to be because if they weren't, all you would see is a story about a miserable woman who dumped her boyfriend years ago and now suddenly turns up. She doesn't care that he's happily married, and spends the rest of her life creating a situation to split them up. On top of that she just isn't an interesting character...there is nothing appealing about her. Sam isn't much better as he drops just about everything, including his wife, to spend time with her...including standing her up at the opera. The best performance was, perhaps, the dying woman's father. He's the only one who really tries to find a cure for his daughter (but really, why bother?) and she treats him like rubbish.
In the opening scene, she's still in New York and is standing on top of a skyscraper ready to jump. I couldn't help thinking she should have...it would have saved an hour and a half of my life.
I capped it (because young Gerry!), but I'm so glad I didn't buy it. He plays his role well, but it's such a poor story with poor characterization...plus a lead actress who has very little appeal, that it just flops.
So, One More Kiss is an early film of Gerard Butler's, and he's decidedly lovely and fresh-faced in this...and really that's the only positive thing I have to say about the entire thing. The basic premise is that Sam's (Gerry's character) ex-girlfriend has returned to Scotland from the U.S. with the news that she's dying from a brain tumour. She asks him to spend time with her and do stuff (basically a Bucket List) before she shuffles off the mortal coil. The trouble is, Sam is married, and his wife (understandably) isn't thrilled by this.
It is supposed to be a story about spending what time we have left to the fullest, and not being afraid to take a chance because we might never get to do it, otherwise. Those points aren't implied by the story as they should be but blatantly stated...and they have to be because if they weren't, all you would see is a story about a miserable woman who dumped her boyfriend years ago and now suddenly turns up. She doesn't care that he's happily married, and spends the rest of her life creating a situation to split them up. On top of that she just isn't an interesting character...there is nothing appealing about her. Sam isn't much better as he drops just about everything, including his wife, to spend time with her...including standing her up at the opera. The best performance was, perhaps, the dying woman's father. He's the only one who really tries to find a cure for his daughter (but really, why bother?) and she treats him like rubbish.
In the opening scene, she's still in New York and is standing on top of a skyscraper ready to jump. I couldn't help thinking she should have...it would have saved an hour and a half of my life.
I capped it (because young Gerry!), but I'm so glad I didn't buy it. He plays his role well, but it's such a poor story with poor characterization...plus a lead actress who has very little appeal, that it just flops.
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