It was a bold choice to decide to remake Chasing Amy just six years later, and using Ben Affleck in the same role. Also cute to see Joey Lauren Adams given a small role in the middle of the movie as "Crazy suicidal ex-girlfriend".
But basically not a success. Throwing in a whole lot of additional parallel plot about criminals and the mentally handicapped alongside the basic Chasing Amy "can I get this lesbian to fall in love with a Jersey Shore stereotype" rom-com plot was surely a bad idea. Hybrid movies can work; something like The Whole Nine Yards is a fine mashup of romance, comedy, and crime. But the more elements you add, the more precise you need to be; and the fine details that make such a hybrid work are lacking here.
It's not as bad as the 2.6 rating would have you believe. But it's not great. I can't put my finger on quite what's wrong with it, but there's just no magic; all very competent, all very carefully weighed so as not to offend anyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, mental ability, or criminality stance. But just doesn't sparkle.
But basically not a success. Throwing in a whole lot of additional parallel plot about criminals and the mentally handicapped alongside the basic Chasing Amy "can I get this lesbian to fall in love with a Jersey Shore stereotype" rom-com plot was surely a bad idea. Hybrid movies can work; something like The Whole Nine Yards is a fine mashup of romance, comedy, and crime. But the more elements you add, the more precise you need to be; and the fine details that make such a hybrid work are lacking here.
It's not as bad as the 2.6 rating would have you believe. But it's not great. I can't put my finger on quite what's wrong with it, but there's just no magic; all very competent, all very carefully weighed so as not to offend anyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, mental ability, or criminality stance. But just doesn't sparkle.
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