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I wish I'd never heard about the Morgans, Mars 25 2010
I'm sure there are some who, for whatever reasons, will connect with this film and love it. More will be moderately amused, perhaps a bit nonplussed, and then promptly forget almost everything about this unmemorable flick. While I can't quite understand the first reaction, and while I can sympathize with the second since it's probably not worth it to get worked up about a movie, in what follows I only want to speak for my own experience, and why I found this film not only bad but obnoxiously so, to the point where it makes me cynical about Hollywood. There are so many brilliant writers out there, and so many good actors, and so many filmmakers that have original visions and interesting stories that could be told about so many things that I have to find it sad this movie got funded and filmed by the studios. Just take a look at the many wonderful independent and international films that play at Sundance or Cannes or Toronto, and then never really manage to play in the major theaters in America, because they are allegedly aiming at a narrow niche audience -- since when did excellent storytelling and powerful artistry become a niche market? -- but this one is as niche as it comes.
Somehow someone in Hollywood is convinced that a broad swath of the moviegoing public wants to hear stories about pampered, annoying, well-to-do city folk, on the brink of divorce, who somehow discover that they really do love one another after being put into a witness protection program in small town Wyoming, and also connect with good old town home American country values along the way? More likely, someone is convinced that there's a fair market for Sarah Jessica Parker or Hugh Grant "comedies" and it doesn't matter whether they're any good. I've seen a few of these "fish out of water" comedies about couples who reconnect when they (temporarily) lose everything, and this one has to be by far the worst. Chock full 'o cliches and hamfisted delivery of life's lessons, it was painful to watch. Like the moment when Sarah Jessica Parker's character is searching for marriage advice from the reticent Sam Elliot, and misconstrues his advice about how to milk a cow as profound psychological insight. Then, just to make sure the audience gets it, Parker's character points out that the advice is truly profound, and then spells out literally how what he said applies to her situation (something about breaking it to your spouse gently when you've cheated on them), and Elliot explains that he was really talking about the cow (something about pulling softly on the cow's teat so it doesn't kick you), but that he guesses you could take it both ways -- this film is a far cry from the screwball "comedies of remarriage" from classic Hollywood days when the writers expected their audiences to catch the puns and understand the double-entendres. By the way, I don't begrudge Elliot taking this role, since he's sadly underused, and his character is one of the few things that makes this film semi-palatable. Of course, nearly every little nugget of wisdom he utters in his gruff and sardonic manner turns out sounding profound, and has the merit of sounding smarter than almost anything said by the leading couple. The worse thing was, this comedy just didn't manage to be funny. For all they tried to milk comedy out of the incongruities of city folk in the country -- Hugh Grant gets his eyes sprayed by bear repellent ... twice!!!! -- I'd seen funnier variations of all of it many times before.
It's not just the bad writing, but I have to say Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant are pretty annoying to watch here. They aren't acting, but pretty much just playing more incompetent and more insecure versions of the usual characters they play in just about everything they're in. I've never much liked them in anything -- though Hugh Grant managed to play a few decent roles (e.g. Four Weddings and a Funeral and, maybe, Bridget Jones's Diary) before he became a stereotype of himself (and then, maybe, one more in About a Boy); and though I'm no fan, Sarah Jessica Parker managed to fit well enough in her role in the Sex and the City series -- but I can say in all honesty that I've never seen them much worse. I'm pretty sure, at least, that Hugh Grant can't possibly be proud of what he accomplished with this role since he seems hardly to believe half of the sappy things he says, and seems genuinely embarrassed by the self-deprecating antics he has to go through this time around. I don't usually write reviews of films I hate, since I'd much prefer to spread the word about under-appreciated but excellent indies and international films; in this case, after renting it with my wife I thought it was the least I could do to warn others against wasting two precious hours of their lives.
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certainly not as bad as i had heard, Jui 9 2010
while i wouldn't call this a side splittingly hilarious comedy,i did chuckles two or three times at a few of the lines.i expected it to be much worse than it was.but it's actually watchable.and i don' think it's anywhere near as bad as i had heard it was.sure,there were a lot of jokes that came off flat or awkward.and the story could have been a bit more fleshed out.but Hugh Grant(who i like) and Sarah Jessica Parker(who i usually can't stand)are both likable enough.but i really liked Mary Steenburgen as Emma Wheeler.she was perfect for that character.in my opinion,she stole the show in her scenes.Sam Elliot as Clay Wheeler,on the other hand,did nothing for me.overall the movie was entertaining.for me,Did You hear About the Morgans is a 3/5
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4.0étoiles sur 5
Take some timeout to have a little fun, Aoû 26 2010
This review is from: Did You Hear About the Morgans [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) and his estranged vegetarian wife Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) may never reconcile. He chases and she snubs. Then one night circumstances change and they find themselves transported of a remote end-of the earth and force to survive together in this alien environment. They find themselves in a witness-protection program and watched over by a Wyoming couple Clay Wheeler (Sam Elliott) and his gun wielding, meat-eating wife Emma (Mary Steenburgen.) Will the make the standard faux pas to be discovered and dispatched before they can reconcile or will their newly acquired rustic skills help them to survive?
The overall formula is standard and the movie genre is well sneaked out. Yet it is the actors, their interaction and the small story twists that make this an exception of its type. Hugh uses his three expressions just at the right time. Moreover, tossed in the mix, as a catalyst is Kim Shaw as the local nurse, waitress, and deputy fire chief.
The film of course is supposed to be of Wyoming but as with most presentations today the real locations are:
Galisteo, New Mexico, USA
(Rodeo scene)
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Pecos, New Mexico, USA
(Ranch)
Roy, New Mexico, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
I only watch the Blu-ray version so I cannot compare versions. However, you do not want to miss the voiceover commentary. Much of the commentary is Sarah Jessica Parker describing her cloths.
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