I do not understand all the bad reviews the film received. Its not a great film, I did not expect a great film. This is a romantic comedy & very few romantic comedies are more than good.
Ridley Scott directed this, I am not sure if he directed any comedies before, He always is a competent director.
Russell Crowe, makes very few romantic comedies & it is nice to see him in one.
There are some scenes bordering on slapstick & this is not his forte. Then again very few actors today can do good slapstick scenes.
There are some lovely ladies as well & they all are very good. Albert Finney has a small tole & as usual he is wonderful.
The only real fault I have is the length. the 114 minute running time was long. It could have been cut by about 20 minutes.
I did like the music song score & many of you know how I usually condemn the song scores in films. Most times the distract me from the film, Here they fit perfectly.
Rating *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)
Ridley Scott directed this, I am not sure if he directed any comedies before, He always is a competent director.
Russell Crowe, makes very few romantic comedies & it is nice to see him in one.
There are some scenes bordering on slapstick & this is not his forte. Then again very few actors today can do good slapstick scenes.
There are some lovely ladies as well & they all are very good. Albert Finney has a small tole & as usual he is wonderful.
The only real fault I have is the length. the 114 minute running time was long. It could have been cut by about 20 minutes.
I did like the music song score & many of you know how I usually condemn the song scores in films. Most times the distract me from the film, Here they fit perfectly.
Rating *** (out of 4) 82 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)