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Posted: 12/11/11 at 2:19pm
Caught Young Adult yesterday and loved it. Charlize is in top form and absolutely nails this character. She completely gets what Diablo Cody was going for and the two mesh beautifully. Also, having lived several years of my life in Minnesota, I can vouch for Cody capturing the milieu perfectly.
I don't know if you can call Charlize's character an anti-hero exactly, but she's the flawed bad girl you want to root for. Her role is similar to that of Julia Roberts' in My Best Friend's Wedding. She returns to her hometown to pursue an old flame who is happily coupled. Unlike the Roberts flick the stakes are much higher here as he (Patrick Wilson) is married with a new born daughter. It's not Oscar bait material, but you can see why she consistently gives a performance that's award worthy.
Today I saw another hilarious movie, but for all the wrong reasons: New Year's Eve! I mean this made Jack and Jill look well-made, and it was really fun to see the actors try to outdo each other for a Razzie. There is an ensemble Razzie, right?
The two biggest offenders for each sex were Zac Efron, Jon Bon Jovi, the ever awful Katherine Heigl and truly hysterically bad Lea Michele. (Halle Berry does her best to be a runner-up for the award, but her big Razzie moment is too little, too late.)
My friend agreed that it was one of the worst movies of the year, but definitely funny bad and not just bad bad.
I don't know if you can call Charlize's character an anti-hero exactly, but she's the flawed bad girl you want to root for. Her role is similar to that of Julia Roberts' in My Best Friend's Wedding. She returns to her hometown to pursue an old flame who is happily coupled. Unlike the Roberts flick the stakes are much higher here as he (Patrick Wilson) is married with a new born daughter. It's not Oscar bait material, but you can see why she consistently gives a performance that's award worthy.
Today I saw another hilarious movie, but for all the wrong reasons: New Year's Eve! I mean this made Jack and Jill look well-made, and it was really fun to see the actors try to outdo each other for a Razzie. There is an ensemble Razzie, right?
The two biggest offenders for each sex were Zac Efron, Jon Bon Jovi, the ever awful Katherine Heigl and truly hysterically bad Lea Michele. (Halle Berry does her best to be a runner-up for the award, but her big Razzie moment is too little, too late.)
My friend agreed that it was one of the worst movies of the year, but definitely funny bad and not just bad bad.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
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