I checked out this page before deciding to order this film on
pay-per-view. What I was hoping for was a romantic student
comedy. And it was that. It was never hilarious but the story had an
interesting build. When it starts out you think it's a complete
comedy, as we have Dan Aykroyd as Jason Bigg's father and
Jason Biggs in other `hilarious' mishaps, which don't promise
much.
But when the story gets underway of the two trying to get to know
each other better, it's getting really good. The writing of the
characters is very true to life, which is a rarerity these days.
Unfortunaly, the film looses tracks. The girl passes out during a
party and the guy takes her to a hospital and cares for her. And we
are waiting for the moment when she wakes up that he has to tell
her what happened. Dramatic moment! Gimme, gimme, gimme!
But no, what happens is she wakes up, apologizes for using his
bed then asks how long she was asleep. He says since Friday.
She says, well okay I have no memory of what happened but what
did they say at the hospital? Duh, am I missing some dramatic
plot development here?
Film never catches it's track back and I think is mostly interesting
for film students (as myself) for Heckerling tried a lot of interesting
things, instead of watching this film for fun and realizing
Heckerling this time didn't pull it off.
A 6 out of 10.
pay-per-view. What I was hoping for was a romantic student
comedy. And it was that. It was never hilarious but the story had an
interesting build. When it starts out you think it's a complete
comedy, as we have Dan Aykroyd as Jason Bigg's father and
Jason Biggs in other `hilarious' mishaps, which don't promise
much.
But when the story gets underway of the two trying to get to know
each other better, it's getting really good. The writing of the
characters is very true to life, which is a rarerity these days.
Unfortunaly, the film looses tracks. The girl passes out during a
party and the guy takes her to a hospital and cares for her. And we
are waiting for the moment when she wakes up that he has to tell
her what happened. Dramatic moment! Gimme, gimme, gimme!
But no, what happens is she wakes up, apologizes for using his
bed then asks how long she was asleep. He says since Friday.
She says, well okay I have no memory of what happened but what
did they say at the hospital? Duh, am I missing some dramatic
plot development here?
Film never catches it's track back and I think is mostly interesting
for film students (as myself) for Heckerling tried a lot of interesting
things, instead of watching this film for fun and realizing
Heckerling this time didn't pull it off.
A 6 out of 10.
