WHYeat
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L'arnacoeur (aka The Heartbreaker) is a romantic comedy about Alex Lippi, whose profession involves breaking up couples. He explains that women in relationships come in 3 categories: 1) happy, 2) knowingly unhappy, and 3) unhappy without admitting it. He only deals with the 3rd category. His tool is seduction. He is actually doing them a service by freeing them from their unhappiness, which is underlined by the dozen women shown thanking him after each success. Alex is accompanied by his sister, Mélanie, and her husband, Marc, who provide support by gathering intel and running interference. They conduct their business with honorable rules – relatively speaking.
However, short on money and in debt to a loan shark, Alex and his team is forced to take their most difficult mission yet – to break up a happy couple. The target is a beautiful, successful wine connoisseur, Juliette Van Der Becq. Her fiancé is a rich bloke from England who feeds the needy with food banks he has put together. He's truly prince charming. Armed only with the knowledge that Juliette likes Wham! and Dirty Dancing and had vanished for 1 year during college, Alex sets his plan into motion. The only obstacle – aside from the loan shark's ogre-sized goon and prince charming – is the love he begins to feel for Juliette.
I don't know if it's because everything is in French, or if it's because I watched this on a 13 hour flight washing my face with Johnny Walker, but L'arnacoeur was surprisingly entertaining. It's like watching a semi-skilled group of spies disarming an emotional time bomb. They fumble their way through it and somehow nail the perfect landing. Alex has this arrogant but potent swagger about him. I love how he's able to embody the spirit of any woman's idle man. It's comically unbelievable and reminiscent of sappy love stories. The whole cast and story has a unrealistic wackiness to it. L'arnacoeur a romantic comedy that doesn't take itself seriously and in doing so it delivers a refreshing change from its American counterparts.
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However, short on money and in debt to a loan shark, Alex and his team is forced to take their most difficult mission yet – to break up a happy couple. The target is a beautiful, successful wine connoisseur, Juliette Van Der Becq. Her fiancé is a rich bloke from England who feeds the needy with food banks he has put together. He's truly prince charming. Armed only with the knowledge that Juliette likes Wham! and Dirty Dancing and had vanished for 1 year during college, Alex sets his plan into motion. The only obstacle – aside from the loan shark's ogre-sized goon and prince charming – is the love he begins to feel for Juliette.
I don't know if it's because everything is in French, or if it's because I watched this on a 13 hour flight washing my face with Johnny Walker, but L'arnacoeur was surprisingly entertaining. It's like watching a semi-skilled group of spies disarming an emotional time bomb. They fumble their way through it and somehow nail the perfect landing. Alex has this arrogant but potent swagger about him. I love how he's able to embody the spirit of any woman's idle man. It's comically unbelievable and reminiscent of sappy love stories. The whole cast and story has a unrealistic wackiness to it. L'arnacoeur a romantic comedy that doesn't take itself seriously and in doing so it delivers a refreshing change from its American counterparts.
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In Going the Distance, Garrett (Justin Long) and Erin (Drew Barrymore) meet while arguing over a lost game of Centipede. Video games turn into beer bottles. Beer bottles turn into bongs. Bongs turn into sex. Their apparent one night stand turns into 6 incredible weeks. Unfortunately, 6 is all they have. Erin's internship at the New York Chronicle is over and she's headed back to San Francisco. Unwilling to call it quits, Garrett suggests that they have a long distance relationship to hold on to what they believe is a good thing.
Easier said than done, but the title says it all. They really do go the distance: They talk daily on the phone, they open Christmas presents via video chat online, and they even have phone sex. Unfortunately, nothing beats the real thing. Even with a few plane rides every now and then, seeing each other every 3 months starts to wear them down emotionally. When times get tough, Erin leans on a handsome coworker with a European accent. Garrett has his roommate Dan (Charlie Day) to give him pep talks while on the toilet - under an "open door policy" - and Box (Jason Sudeikis) who's trying to bang 50+ year old women and transport them back in time with his 70's porn star mustache. Like I said - easier said than done.
Long distance relationships are nothing new in the realm of chick flicks. The story is certainly predictable and trite, but I was slapping my knee and not my forehead. Going the Distance is heavy on the comedy, so it makes for great entertainment. And even better, it's rated R! That means foul language, partial nudity (albeit male) and outrageously memorable conversations.
TSA Officer: You can't park your car here.
Garrett: I just need 2 minutes. I need to talk to a girl who's leaving.
TSA Officer: You're really chasing love?
Garrett: Yes.
TSA Officer: She got a nice ass?
Garrett: Like the wind.
TSA Officer: What the hell does that mean?
I would have been perfectly comfortable watching it with a bunch of dudes. In fact, ladies looking for a nice wholesome chick flick this weekend - stay away! If you liked 40-Year-Old Virgin or Knocked Up, Going the Distance won't disappoint. It's a chick flick a la Judd Apatow.
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Easier said than done, but the title says it all. They really do go the distance: They talk daily on the phone, they open Christmas presents via video chat online, and they even have phone sex. Unfortunately, nothing beats the real thing. Even with a few plane rides every now and then, seeing each other every 3 months starts to wear them down emotionally. When times get tough, Erin leans on a handsome coworker with a European accent. Garrett has his roommate Dan (Charlie Day) to give him pep talks while on the toilet - under an "open door policy" - and Box (Jason Sudeikis) who's trying to bang 50+ year old women and transport them back in time with his 70's porn star mustache. Like I said - easier said than done.
Long distance relationships are nothing new in the realm of chick flicks. The story is certainly predictable and trite, but I was slapping my knee and not my forehead. Going the Distance is heavy on the comedy, so it makes for great entertainment. And even better, it's rated R! That means foul language, partial nudity (albeit male) and outrageously memorable conversations.
TSA Officer: You can't park your car here.
Garrett: I just need 2 minutes. I need to talk to a girl who's leaving.
TSA Officer: You're really chasing love?
Garrett: Yes.
TSA Officer: She got a nice ass?
Garrett: Like the wind.
TSA Officer: What the hell does that mean?
I would have been perfectly comfortable watching it with a bunch of dudes. In fact, ladies looking for a nice wholesome chick flick this weekend - stay away! If you liked 40-Year-Old Virgin or Knocked Up, Going the Distance won't disappoint. It's a chick flick a la Judd Apatow.
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Didn't we watch this movie already? Yea. All the way back in April of 2010. Back then it was called The Back-Up Plan. I commend Hollywood's perseverance. Flop after flop, they just don't give up.
The Switch stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Kassie (Aniston) is sick of hoping for the stars to align and for her to meet the right guy, fall in love, get married, and have a family. Wally (Bateman) is her neurotic, cynical BFF who's suppressed his feelings for her for years. There is obviously some chemistry between Wally and Kassie, but neither of them has ever made a move so they've entered "the friend zone". Kassie decides to take matters into her own hands and become a single mother via Roland, a sperm donor. At her insemination party, with the virtue contained in alcohol and the brilliance of those wash their livers with it, Wally replaces Roland's sperm with his own. Of course, having drank so much and masturbating to a picture of Diane Sawyer, Wally can't remember a damn thing. Years down the road, Kassie returns from Minnesota with her son, Sebastian, who's now 5 1/2. Roland re-enters the picture and tries to take his place as Sebastian's supposed father. Meanwhile, Wally begins to see striking similarities between him and Sebastian and he begins to wonder.
The Switch is a huge step up from The Back-Up Plan. The writing is better. The acting is better. And I only slapped my forehead a handful of times. That being said, The Switch isn't spectacular either.
Jennifer Aniston, please as a public service - stop making chick flicks. Just stop it. I know you're filthy rich from Friends and you occasionally get bored, but don't do movies simply because you can. I'm tired of seeing the same Jennifer Aniston over and over. Go do Derailed Part 2 or something. Luckily, Jason Bateman is able to carry the slack, though not without help. The interaction between Wally and Sebastian is the best part of this movie. Their affinity to one another is believable and Sebastian's replication of Wally's neurotic and cynical personality is wonderfully entertaining. Wally on dealing with bullies:
Wally: You know you're going to have to stand up to him eventually.
Sebastian: But I don't want to.
Wally: Then he'll continue to kick your ass.
Unfortunately that doesn't make up for everything this movie lacks - or has, rather. It has all your standard chick flick moments and follows the tried and true formula for disappointing the unfortunate male spectators. The Switch is mediocre and barely passes as entertainment.
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The Switch stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Kassie (Aniston) is sick of hoping for the stars to align and for her to meet the right guy, fall in love, get married, and have a family. Wally (Bateman) is her neurotic, cynical BFF who's suppressed his feelings for her for years. There is obviously some chemistry between Wally and Kassie, but neither of them has ever made a move so they've entered "the friend zone". Kassie decides to take matters into her own hands and become a single mother via Roland, a sperm donor. At her insemination party, with the virtue contained in alcohol and the brilliance of those wash their livers with it, Wally replaces Roland's sperm with his own. Of course, having drank so much and masturbating to a picture of Diane Sawyer, Wally can't remember a damn thing. Years down the road, Kassie returns from Minnesota with her son, Sebastian, who's now 5 1/2. Roland re-enters the picture and tries to take his place as Sebastian's supposed father. Meanwhile, Wally begins to see striking similarities between him and Sebastian and he begins to wonder.
The Switch is a huge step up from The Back-Up Plan. The writing is better. The acting is better. And I only slapped my forehead a handful of times. That being said, The Switch isn't spectacular either.
Jennifer Aniston, please as a public service - stop making chick flicks. Just stop it. I know you're filthy rich from Friends and you occasionally get bored, but don't do movies simply because you can. I'm tired of seeing the same Jennifer Aniston over and over. Go do Derailed Part 2 or something. Luckily, Jason Bateman is able to carry the slack, though not without help. The interaction between Wally and Sebastian is the best part of this movie. Their affinity to one another is believable and Sebastian's replication of Wally's neurotic and cynical personality is wonderfully entertaining. Wally on dealing with bullies:
Wally: You know you're going to have to stand up to him eventually.
Sebastian: But I don't want to.
Wally: Then he'll continue to kick your ass.
Unfortunately that doesn't make up for everything this movie lacks - or has, rather. It has all your standard chick flick moments and follows the tried and true formula for disappointing the unfortunate male spectators. The Switch is mediocre and barely passes as entertainment.
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