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Summary: Don't judge a book...
Review: A modern twist on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac, this romantic comedy provides viewers with real and sympathetic characters, many laughs, and insight into women's friendships and insecurities. _Truth_ is an excellent portrayal of body image and perception of self in today's young women, and is a fun, if predictable, time besides.
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Summary: Very funny
Review: A very funny and enjoyable film, not withstanding the fact I found Janeane Garafalo more attractive than Uma Thurman. Chaplin isn't much of a love interest (or an actor, either), which is why I guess he's pretty much disappeared since this film. Overall, it's still an excellent movie, even with the flaws. Janeane is truly a funny woman, one who will crack you up with her quips.
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: Anyone who thinks Janeane Garafolo isn't leading lady material should be pistol-whipped. That said, you should check out this flick. Abby (Garafolo) is a vet with her own radio phone-in talk show. When professional photographer Brian (played by the ultra-lovely Ben Chaplin)calls in while photographing a stubborn Great Dane, he is intrigued by Abby's smooth voice and asks to meet her. Totally insecure about her appearance, Abby describes her self as a tall blonde- unsurprisingly, she now needs to enlist the help of her amazonian, blonde neighbor Noelle (Uma Thurman). Noelle agrees to pose as Abby, and Abby goes along as a friend named Donna. When Brian meets Noelle (thinking she's Abby), he's obviously impressed with her looks. During a phone conversation between Abby and Brian, however, we can see that it's Abby's sharp wit and clever sense of humor that Brian is truly attracted to. When Noelle asks Brian to list the reasons he loves her, he talks of her mind and their amazing conversations. Of course, the truth about Abby's little charade comes out in a messy display, and Brian is furious at being duped. Will they end up together? This is another movie about believing in yourself for who you are; the difference is, the screenwriter is clever and, rather than go the usual sweet Cinderella route, draws these characters as people we'd actually want to be friends with. Janeane Garafolo is one of the most brilliant female minds out there, and she comes shining through in Abby. My only disappointment was that the DVD hasn't much to offer in the way of extras. Oh well- I'm still thrilled to own this movie!
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Summary: I love Janeane Garofalo. I love this movie.
Review: As a usual horror movie buff, I was surprised to see how much I loved "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." This movie is so charming I couldn't help but love it. I laughed and laughed all the way through, and when I wasn't laughing, I was smiling. Janeane Garofalo makes a terrific starring role debut as Abby Barnes, a talk radio host who feels that she is punished for how she looks. In fact, she is so convinced that no man would ever give her a chance, that when Brian (Ben Chaplin) asks her out for a drink, she gives him a description of her model neighbor, Noelle (Uma Thurman), and doesn't show up. When Brian shows up at the radio station, Noelle is there, and he automatically assumes that she is Abby. The movie is a hilarious romantic love triangle from then on. All the lead performances, not to mention a good supporting comedic role from Jamie Foxx, are terrific. The movie ends with one of the funniest one-liners in film history.
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Summary: I love Janeane Garofalo. I love this movie.
Review: As a usual horror movie buff, I was surprised to see how much I loved "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." This movie is so charming I couldn't help but love it. I laughed and laughed all the way through, and when I wasn't laughing, I was smiling. Janeane Garofalo makes a terrific starring role debut as Abby Barnes, a talk radio host who feels that she is punished for how she looks. In fact, she is so convinced that no man would ever give her a chance, that when Brian (Ben Chaplin) asks her out for a drink, she gives him a description of her model neighbor, Noelle (Uma Thurman), and doesn't show up. When Brian shows up at the radio station, Noelle is there, and he automatically assumes that she is Abby. The movie is a hilarious romantic love triangle from then on. All the lead performances, not to mention a good supporting comedic role from Jamie Foxx, are terrific. The movie ends with one of the funniest one-liners in film history.
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Summary: A heart-warming, lovely movie
Review: Ever dreamt of meeting your prince charming? I'm sure that you've done it at least once. But what happens if you're not Cinderella? That is, you have everything OK about you except your looks... Well, this movie gives hope to those of us who are like that. Of course, it's still a romantic comedy, but somehow it's more than that. Smart, funny, talented Abby 'meets' Brian, the man of her dreams, during a radio-show. He's a photographer making a commercial who during shooting has put roller blades on a very large and agressive-looking dog (who afterwards becomes just as affectionate as any puppy) and now cannot approach him to take them off. Abby is a vet and she helps him do this. And now he wants to meet her... she almost accepts but then he asks what she looks like and she, being rather short and chubby, gives in to her insecurities and describes herself as tall, blond and slim... the exact picture of her nextdoor neighbour. It's kind of like Cyrano de Bergerac on the reverse. Brian loves Abby's spirit but Noelle's looks... and he is confused all the time as to why the woman he speaks on the phone with is never the same as the one he sees. The quasi love-scenes are great... Brian has one with Noelle when he convinces her to eat some sweets (she is always on a diet to keep her figure) and for her it is almost an erotic experience. The music during this scene is beautiful. Then there is one when he talks with Abby on the phone for over 7 hours and they... well, kind of make love. But what is great is that in the end Brian chooses the right answer to Abby's question: "If you were stranded on an island, whom would you choose to spend the time with: Playboy's playmate of the year or Time's magazine woman of the year?" If you feel like an ugly duckling down and out of luck, go watch this movie. Then you will trust yourself and what you have to offer to others.
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Summary: An utterly delightful romantic comedy
Review: Every half decade or so, we get another remake of CYRANO DE BERGERAC. This one, luckily, is one of the very best. Now, I really love this movie, and have seen it with great delight on several occasions, but it is also quite disingenuous. The men who play Cyrano or the Cyrano type character are usually either unattractive or made to be quite unattractive (as in ROXANNE, where Steve Martin is given the prosthetic nose of the ages). But Janeane Garofalo is gorgeous, and has always been gorgeous. Short, perhaps (personally, I love short), and not razor thin like Uma Thurman, but absolutely no one with eyes would ever look at her and think anything but, "Wow!" And the cutest smile this side of Julia Roberts. So, in this sense, the movie cheats. Instead of an unattractive woman playing the Cyrano role, we have an extraordinarily cute one. It is a bit like some of Olivia de Havilland's films, in which she, a remarkably beautiful woman, is supposed to be playing a plain one. That said, this is a completely endearing light comedy. Garofalo plays a woman who does a radio pet advice show, brought into contact over the air with Ben Chaplin, whose dog has a problem. A comedy of errors ensues, as Uma Thurman pretends to be the off air shy Garofalo. Part of the delight of the film is the way the two women manage to perpetuate the misunderstanding, and the way that Chaplin and Garofalo fall in lover over the phone. This is a formula film, in that you know just about everything that is going to happen in the film from the very beginning, but the film is so fresh and innovative in bringing everything to pass, that it never feels like a formula pic. Slight correction to the editorial review. I believe that Henry the Dog is a Bull Mastiff, not a Great Dane. One of my best friends has a dog (Bella) who looks exactly like Henry, but who is most decidedly a Bull Mastiff. That's the truth about this particular dog.
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Summary: Cute romantic formula
Review: I didn't know why I liked this movie so much but I think I've figured it out. Janeane Garofalo has such presence on screen that she just shines. And I think that the movie goes to pains to present her as anything BUT unattractive.(She has a brilliant sense of humour, she is adorably cute, she manages to get the lead guy to like her for her conversation alone, she has a great intelligent job, she is a talented musician, she has a good heart and even though it hurts her, she sits back and reluctantly watches her friend take the guy she loves out of her reach) Actually, I got the idea that the movie tried to make Uma unattractive to compromise (she isn't particularly intelligent, picks bad men, doesn't get her dream job or guy and ends up taking the backseat to her shorter, more insecure friend) I think that is a very positive message to everyone - something that other romantic comedies don't do. All these romantic comedies nowadays have the dowdy heroine actually get a physical or social makeover to get the guy (eg. Pretty Woman, She's All That, Never Been Kissed) or are really gorgeous to begin with (Three to Tango, Notting Hill). This sweet, sugary (and genuinely funny) movie is a delight. Ben Chaplin is gorgeous in a nervous jittery way and completely suits the part of the sweet, naive lovestruck Brian. Janeane Garofalo and Uma Thurman as Abby and Noelle respectively complement each other perfectly and both have proved to be more than just ditsy romantic comedy love interests. And one adorable pooch steals the show. I would recommend it for anyone who actually wants a decent romantic viewing with a little emotional reality.
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Summary: Charity, usa, ontario, California
Review: I loved this movie it was a good romance and I love actor Jamie Foxx, and actress Uma Therman. It was funny and it wasn't very predictable like most romances are. Only one thing about this movie was I think Jamie Foxx should have had more parts in it, I mean he's really funny and very attractive. Anyways I think this movie deserves a A all the way.
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Summary: fun
Review: i really in joy this movie it is a pretty fun film.
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