This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
When I was walking home from this movie, I saw a video on Twitter of Michael Caine explaining how to effectively act drunk.
"You're an actor who's trying to walk crooked and talk slurred... A drunk is a man trying to walk straight and talk properly."
I think that's the real strength of Saoirse Ronan's performance in this film, because she never for a moment seems an actor trying to look drunk (in a way that Nicolas Cage in Leaving…
I think the question about whether this movie is "good" is less important and less fun than asking whether this movie is interesting, to which I wholeheartedly have to answer yes. There are scenes in here where you think you're watching a masterpiece, and other scenes where you think you're watching a low-budget student film from the early 2000's, and that constant bounce between the two is incredibly entertaining to watch. The visual style is incredible, at once mesmerizing and…
The beginning is a little dull, and Toni Collette's character in the first thirty minutes just feels ripped off from the much better Muriel's Wedding. However, the stealing subplot gets pretty intriguing the further it goes on, particularly because it highlights the sort of realistic low-key drama that would actually spice up a mundane work environment. I didn't love it, but it was certainly a fun watch and a nice addition to the 90s boring workplace canon.
It's an average rom-com, but I do have to applaud this movie for being from 2000 and having a transgender character without making her identity the butt of any dumb jokes.
It was fine. A fun ride with some nice humor. It felt like it owed a lot to Heathers. My favorite character was Taffy, and I really liked how they chose to make her basically unimpeachably kind rather than falling into the stereotype of the mean stepsister. It made her feel more authentic, for some reason, and gave some heart to the film.
