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Summary: don't watch this!
Review: even if you like farie tales, this may test your threshold for pain; a horrible fantasy that rips off "Like Water for Chocolate" and feels like a lead weight after ingestion; very cloying and devoid of much-needed whimsy, it's like watching a clown trying to dance with cement shoes.
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Summary: Pretty star, dreadful script
Review: I bought the DVD on the strength of having watched the last 10 minutes or so on HBO. I just *had* to find out how it happened. And Sarah Michelle Gellar looked quite appealing in the short segment I saw.It turns out that I'd already seen the best part of the movie -- the ending. Gellar's character triumphs over adversity and rides off happily into the sunset. Or whatever. But the screenwriters and/or producers threw together a patchwork of half baked nonsense to get us there. It turns out that Gellar's triumph wasn't over adversity, it was over her own incompetence. She started the movie as the propretor/cook of a small Manhattan eatery that she inherited from her parents. The handful of regular patrons remain purely out of inertia, since Gellar's cooking is reputed to be awful. That is, until the day she buys a "magic crab" whose presence in her kitchen transforms her miserable attempts at cooking into works of art. I'm sorry, but such a premise doesn't inspire sympathy for a character, no matter how pretty she is. There are a few obvious parallels with the wonderful "Like Water For Chocolate," like bouts of anger and tears that obviously affect those who eat Gellar's cooking. But the thinness of the rest of the movie make these homages look like failed attempts at cinematic hipness. There are a few nice moments, notably the scene where her crush, who becomse obsessed with her cooking, "mugs" an elderly couple who have some carry-out treats from Gellar's restaraunt. But a romantic scene is marred by unexplained (and thankfully unrepeated) levitation. I find myself wondering how many cooks had their fingers in this production. It was more than enough to spoil the broth.
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Summary: It Actually Is Fairly Irresistible
Review: This movies plot may seem corny to you when you read the blurb, and in fact it is. Scenes in which food and Sarah Michelle Gellar fly around a kitchen all with love in the air is not my idea of a great idea for a film. The movie has its slightly entertaining moments, but once you get past those, this film is simply dry and quite resistable.
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Summary: A simple story about not so Simple love
Review: Well Sarah managed to get away from the vampires, but she can't seem to steer away from the supernatural. It's a story about a girl that wants to be able to cook something amazing, and when she buys a magic crab (it sounds strange but you'll like it!) and really throws herself into it, it turns out her emotions are being thrown into her food. And when she meets a great guy that it's hard for her to get, things get really intresting. Orginally titles Vanilla Fog (Which I thought was much more appropiate)Simply Irrisistable is a great story about love. It has it's funny points (the Men think about Sex this many times a day speach)and it's romantic points. If you like a good love story. Watch this!
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Summary: Simply Not Sarah's finest
Review: Well, believe me, I am the biggest Sarah fan in the entire world. But this is not her type of movie. The storyline made no sense. I rented this, and then I watched it when it came on HBO to try to figure it out more, but NO. I couldnt. The only funny part is her friend Nolan in the movie. So that is all I got to say about that.
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Summary: I love it, but it could be better
Review: I really love this movie. I am a huge fan of Sarah so of course that plays a big role in how I rated this. I admit, it does lack a few things that make movies big, but I don't care what critics say, I'm not going to go watch a movie cause some guy in a suit says it's good, I'm gonna go watch it if it sounds good to me, so yes, I think this is a good movie, but it could be better. But still, well, I recomend the book, it has more in it than the movie does, and if they'd put it in it, it would have been more popular.
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Summary: I love this movie
Review: Eventhough I love Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy and her other the movies. I would have to say that these is one of her best movies. I'm not saying that it might be an oscar winner. But it is a really nice, funny romatic movie. That People should see. It is very suitable for kids, I bought it and they love it. I recommend this movie for everyone to see. It's actually nice to see a movie that they dont have to wear g-string or sexy outfit for once.
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Summary: Like Water for Buffy
Review: The whole way through, I kept on thinking, this is sooo *Like Water for Chocolate*, a far better tale of the magic of cooking. There is one scene almost IDENTICAL (a tear in the food causes everyone to cry). I thought about whether it was a homage or a rip-off, and decided it was a rip-off. That movie used magic realism; this one simply uses magic. And not that the magic makes any sense. Where'd it come from? Who knows? There's this cute wittle crab that serves no purpose. The romance is contrived and rather unoriginal. It doesn't offer too much in the way of entertainment. At least by the end of the movie, I had stopped seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar solely as Buffy (she is very Buffylike in the beginning). There is also a very sweet camera shot involving lots of mirrors that is the best shot in the entire movie. Overall, a mediocre movie that doesn't ever rise above...anything. Well, except the floor, in a couple scenes involving that "magic."
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Summary: All Egg Whites, No Souffle
Review: This movie confirms my suspicion that Sarah Michelle Gellar simply cannot act. She wasn't helped by a silly plot and dialogue that was just plain dumb. But while Flannery appears to be a reasonably good--and likeable--actor trapped in a bad movie, Gellar seems well-matched with her material. I agree with the earlier reviewer who liked Patricia Clarkson. She's a talented actress who surpasses the limitations of her role in this film. But the movie isn't about her--it's about Gellar, Flannery, and the magic of a crab (a _crab_? what were the writers thinking?). If that crab was powerful enough to make Gellar's character a better cook, why couldn't it make Gellar herself a better actress, or Mark Tarlov a better director?
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Summary: Just sentimental I suppose
Review: I saw this on the road. I don't quite understand the bad reviews. Some people just can't tolerate a good, clean, fun, romantic movie. Were you hoping for more skin? Perhaps the script could have been tightened up but I thought it was just wonderful. Definitely a chick flick, but I have two teenage daughters in my house and I'm sure they and my wife will love it.
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