rrigby19
Joined Mar 2004
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I saw "Penelope" at the US premiere at CineVegas last week. It has a very sweet message about self-acceptance that we could all use a little more of these days. I loved the hyper- real, brightly colored, Tim Burtonesque look of the film, it helped to accentuate the fairy tale aspect.
I also thought all of the performances, especially Christina Ricci and Katherine O'Hara, were excellent. Reese Witherspoon as a leather wearing, gum chewing, scooter riding messenger girl seemed a bit miscast, but she was actually good and had one of the funnier lines of the film.
While there's nothing laugh out loud funny, this sweet story makes you smile again and again.
I would recommend this film for audiences of all ages because I don't think you're ever too old for it's message and it doesn't talk down to an adult audience.
I also thought all of the performances, especially Christina Ricci and Katherine O'Hara, were excellent. Reese Witherspoon as a leather wearing, gum chewing, scooter riding messenger girl seemed a bit miscast, but she was actually good and had one of the funnier lines of the film.
While there's nothing laugh out loud funny, this sweet story makes you smile again and again.
I would recommend this film for audiences of all ages because I don't think you're ever too old for it's message and it doesn't talk down to an adult audience.
"Kissing Jessica Stein" is a lesbian romantic comedy written by two straight women who manage to get the details right.
Jessica Stein is a neurotic copy editor, frustrated artist who can't seem to meet a man who can live up to her expectations. The bad dating montage is hilarious; makes one ask just how many women Jim J Bullock really has dated.
The conversations as Jessica and Helen get to know each other, about shoes and that perfect shade of lipstick, hit just the right note. Once they start dating, Jessica's neuroses come to the forefront. The sequence in which the women make out on their couches over a series of dates is laugh out loud funny.
I saw this movie first in a movie theater with my best friend, a gay man, and we laughed till we cried. Then we cried during the dramatic scene on the porch between Jessica and her mother, played by Tovah Feldshuh. I think anyone who's ever been worried about whether their family will accept them (or their relationship) will be able to relate to the emotion in this scene.
Without giving anything away-- personally, I would have liked a different ending, but I felt this was the right ending for this story. Overall, "Kissing Jessica Stein" is one of my favorite romantic comedies and also, a great lesbian movie.
Jessica Stein is a neurotic copy editor, frustrated artist who can't seem to meet a man who can live up to her expectations. The bad dating montage is hilarious; makes one ask just how many women Jim J Bullock really has dated.
The conversations as Jessica and Helen get to know each other, about shoes and that perfect shade of lipstick, hit just the right note. Once they start dating, Jessica's neuroses come to the forefront. The sequence in which the women make out on their couches over a series of dates is laugh out loud funny.
I saw this movie first in a movie theater with my best friend, a gay man, and we laughed till we cried. Then we cried during the dramatic scene on the porch between Jessica and her mother, played by Tovah Feldshuh. I think anyone who's ever been worried about whether their family will accept them (or their relationship) will be able to relate to the emotion in this scene.
Without giving anything away-- personally, I would have liked a different ending, but I felt this was the right ending for this story. Overall, "Kissing Jessica Stein" is one of my favorite romantic comedies and also, a great lesbian movie.