Director Angelica Huston should know better. Her father was the master of encouraging subtle performances. So why did she allow Rosie to go so far over the top? Could it be because someone allowed Rosie to produce this heartless piece of twaddle? The screaming Lou Costello voice (I kept expecting her to blurt out "Abbbbbbottttttt!"), the annoying affectations with little or no basis in reality, the face-making...Rosie should be embarrassed. Her performance is an insult to the mentally challenged everywhere. Andie MacDowell's comatose counterpoint of a performance was nearly unwatchable. At least I was able to snooze during her scenes - that is, until Rosie started hollering again.
The Canadian cast was flat and uninspired and the north-of-the-border locations didn't help, giving the production a feeling of being phony and just a little bit out of sync. Why can't Hollywood make movies in the US? Music was schmaltzy, production values were unremarkable. I did, however, like some of the commercials. At least those featured American actors, were shot in the US - and nobody was yelling like a wounded walrus.
The Canadian cast was flat and uninspired and the north-of-the-border locations didn't help, giving the production a feeling of being phony and just a little bit out of sync. Why can't Hollywood make movies in the US? Music was schmaltzy, production values were unremarkable. I did, however, like some of the commercials. At least those featured American actors, were shot in the US - and nobody was yelling like a wounded walrus.