attennessee
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People reviewing this movie cite a limited budget as a low key excuse for its lapses. Maybe to them a small budget can excuse things like poor script, poor acting and poor direction but not to me.
Poor writing -- the minute we're introduced to key characters we also have to endure the annoying melodrama of their lives which we don't even care about because we don't know them yet! Totally unnecessary goes-nowhere filler, inspired zero emotional involvement and gave me an eye-rolling migraine.
Poor acting -- everyone except the physician.
Poor directing -- it's simple things, like in the diner scene. Two working men (fishermen) with physically demanding jobs both order a hot juicy hamburger with chips and proceed to sit there -- wooden-like -- as the scene continues for over 5 minutes (!) without ever touching their food! Distractingly unrealistic. Obviously the director said "don't eat" but I've never seen two supposedly hungry human beings order food only to ignore it when it arrives. A director is an observer of human nature and observing others (and noting what is interesting about them) is FREE. Being street smart is free. Respecting the power of how a film can communicate fear or joy is free.
There were no elaborate costume requirements, no CGI costs, no set design or prop expenses. So i guess all the money went only to the logistics of filming.
Before you direct, or write or act in a movie again please study how humans behave because nothing in this movie was relatable and relatability can turn a "low budget" film into a cult classic. Here are some that were flawlessly executed on a tight budget: Halloween (1978), The Evil Dead (1981) and The Blair Witch Project (1999). You don't need a big budget to tell a story in a compelling and engrossing way.
1 star for the location.
Poor writing -- the minute we're introduced to key characters we also have to endure the annoying melodrama of their lives which we don't even care about because we don't know them yet! Totally unnecessary goes-nowhere filler, inspired zero emotional involvement and gave me an eye-rolling migraine.
Poor acting -- everyone except the physician.
Poor directing -- it's simple things, like in the diner scene. Two working men (fishermen) with physically demanding jobs both order a hot juicy hamburger with chips and proceed to sit there -- wooden-like -- as the scene continues for over 5 minutes (!) without ever touching their food! Distractingly unrealistic. Obviously the director said "don't eat" but I've never seen two supposedly hungry human beings order food only to ignore it when it arrives. A director is an observer of human nature and observing others (and noting what is interesting about them) is FREE. Being street smart is free. Respecting the power of how a film can communicate fear or joy is free.
There were no elaborate costume requirements, no CGI costs, no set design or prop expenses. So i guess all the money went only to the logistics of filming.
Before you direct, or write or act in a movie again please study how humans behave because nothing in this movie was relatable and relatability can turn a "low budget" film into a cult classic. Here are some that were flawlessly executed on a tight budget: Halloween (1978), The Evil Dead (1981) and The Blair Witch Project (1999). You don't need a big budget to tell a story in a compelling and engrossing way.
1 star for the location.
"do you want me to go over the fireplace?"
"no, i'm a city girl but i know how to light a fire. . . . where's the uh the switch?"
I enjoyed this movie and i usually detest romcoms.
this is well written, well acted, well edited and well directed. it has its charming moments and of course a few formulaic ones but all-in-all the cast and writing are so strong it works. great filming too. the music was fitting and the perfect punctuation to some scenes, especially that 10-second tune played as she raises the creative distress flag on her snow-wrecked car antenna. hilarious.
zellweger portrays a believable decisive corporate leader and brings great comedic timing and delivery to the role. i really enjoyed her in this -- she's a very strong lead and her humorous reactions at times reminded me of diaz in The Holiday. despite her corporate trained demeanor you sense a warmer spirit underneath if only it could be thawed, like keaton in Baby Boom.
connick, jr. delivers as always and the easy chemistry between the two makes their interactions relatable and interesting not cringey.
there are laugh out loud moments and only a spare amount of the sentimental romance stuff. and for a union girl like me this movie put the human back in human resources.
a delight.
6.5/10
I enjoyed this movie and i usually detest romcoms.
this is well written, well acted, well edited and well directed. it has its charming moments and of course a few formulaic ones but all-in-all the cast and writing are so strong it works. great filming too. the music was fitting and the perfect punctuation to some scenes, especially that 10-second tune played as she raises the creative distress flag on her snow-wrecked car antenna. hilarious.
zellweger portrays a believable decisive corporate leader and brings great comedic timing and delivery to the role. i really enjoyed her in this -- she's a very strong lead and her humorous reactions at times reminded me of diaz in The Holiday. despite her corporate trained demeanor you sense a warmer spirit underneath if only it could be thawed, like keaton in Baby Boom.
connick, jr. delivers as always and the easy chemistry between the two makes their interactions relatable and interesting not cringey.
there are laugh out loud moments and only a spare amount of the sentimental romance stuff. and for a union girl like me this movie put the human back in human resources.
a delight.
6.5/10
