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Summary: ...I took away a star for my husband's sake...
Review: ...because he absolutely hated this movie...but that's only because he identified more with Travolta's role as the new husband --- he loathes the idea of "old" lovers re-entering the picture and taking away the wife. Can't say that I blame him. I'm bothered by the same things when the tables are turned. But yet and still, this is just a good film. It is bizarre and rather unexpected, but for some odd reason, that didn't seem to bother me a bit. Robin Wright-Penn is an EXCELLENT actress, and I've never seen her acting as strong as it is in this film. She holds it down, and I mean HOLDS IT DOWN! Sean Penn is a very under-rated actor (unfortunately), but in my opinion, he's one of the best. In this movie, however, it's his wife, Robin, who shines. This is definitely a soul-mate love kind of movie, with interesting twists and turns. Not everyone's gonna like it, though, so ladies, this is NOT a movie you want to watch with your man...trust me on this! Get together with a bunch of your best girls and watch this, though...it's interesting to exchange thoughts about it afterward...the big question: Who would you have chosen?? Hmmmm....
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Summary: I love a man whom I watched this movie with.
Review: 10 years is not a short time. I want to believe in their love
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Summary: Outstanding depiction of mad love and obsessive passion.
Review: A freaking young couple faces a sordid situation when she(Maureen)is outraged by a neighbour. The husband's reaction finally confined him to a mental institution and do them part for 10 years. When released, Eddie, decides to go on with his former life with his wife, who is re-married and has raised three children. The moving part of the story is the fact that both spouses, despite the horror and pain, cannot let go that tremendous feeling that had joined them once. Their attitude towards each other is almost naive but it has to do with what love is. Beautiful story about love, passion and hope.
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Summary: She's So Rotten.........
Review: Absolutely one of the all time worst movies I have ever seen (second only to Independence Day). If you are just absolutely forced to watch this movie, then I highly suggest not eating 1-2 hours before show time. After watching it, I actually felt embarrased for all those involved in its creation (honestly). I started thinking, "This can't be for real.......the film editor must have had a 'beef' with the director and he deliberately pieced the film together in the wrong order so to get back at him......Yeah, that's gotta be it." You never know at anytime during the movie just what the heck is going on (it's all over the place). I literally had to read the reviews to figure out what it was that I had just painfully sat through. Belive me when I say, "Save your money and save your time. 'She's So Lovely' is 'So Rotten'."
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Summary: Robin Wright rocks!
Review: All I knew about this movie before seeing it was that it had three decently big stars, and a title that suggests a romantic comedy. I suppose deep down someone with a particular way of looking at things might interpret this as a comedy, and there are certainly romantic feelings expressed by the characters. But only armed with what I had, this is a movie that turns the world upside down almost from the start. This is the story of mostly people of very low intelligence. They live in the part of town where their smarts allow them to live, basically skid row. Just about all of the action takes place in incredibly depressing apartments, or the local bar. Robin Wright Penn is the first of the main characters we meet. She has barely the smarts to breathe on a regular basis. She has learned she is pregnant, yet smokes and drinks like everyone else who she associates with. While her husband is an institution, she has an evening of drinking with a very unlikable James Gandalfini, who beats her when she won't put out to end the romantic get-together. Enter hubby, played by Sean Penn. This character has an even lower IQ than his Mrs. Penn, and is further crippled by being violently insane. A very ugly incident happens that sends Mr. Penn back to an institution for a very long time. Now my thoughts while watching this film is that this character is not far from the real Sean Penn. The real Penn has acts of violence in his life, and certainly has done dumb enough things to make you wonder if there's a brain in his head (i.e., marring Madonna, and inspecting for weapons in Iraq). So I may be one of those people look at this as a comedy of sorts if I pretend that Mr. Penn is not acting. Like I said, the beginning of the movie is startling in the portrayal of how some people live. The final act begins in a way that is also somewhat startling, in the way you see Mrs. Penn. You see, she has found John Travolta to marry, and has had kids with them while Mr. Penn has been in the pen for what he considers to be only three months even when he's released. But then it just fizzles out. REALLY fizzles out. Now Penn should never have been released period, but hey, they do release people a lot worse. And the meeting of everybody involved is probably inevitable, but would not have occurred in real life. They all get together, where Mrs. Penn needs to decide who she's gonna continue with. The evidently stable guy who pulled her out of squalor and raised a family with her, or Sean Penn. We never get to really know the Travolta character, and the way the final scenes are handled are more like slapstick comedy than the world the movie started in. I just wish they could have come up with an ending the befit the first two thirds of the movie.
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Summary: Startling start dies in the stretch
Review: All I knew about this movie before seeing it was that it had three decently big stars, and a title that suggests a romantic comedy. I suppose deep down someone with a particular way of looking at things might interpret this as a comedy, and there are certainly romantic feelings expressed by the characters. But only armed with what I had, this is a movie that turns the world upside down almost from the start. This is the story of mostly people of very low intelligence. They live in the part of town where their smarts allow them to live, basically skid row. Just about all of the action takes place in incredibly depressing apartments, or the local bar. Robin Wright Penn is the first of the main characters we meet. She has barely the smarts to breathe on a regular basis. She has learned she is pregnant, yet smokes and drinks like everyone else who she associates with. While her husband is an institution, she has an evening of drinking with a very unlikable James Gandalfini, who beats her when she won't put out to end the romantic get-together. Enter hubby, played by Sean Penn. This character has an even lower IQ than his Mrs. Penn, and is further crippled by being violently insane. A very ugly incident happens that sends Mr. Penn back to an institution for a very long time. Now my thoughts while watching this film is that this character is not far from the real Sean Penn. The real Penn has acts of violence in his life, and certainly has done dumb enough things to make you wonder if there's a brain in his head (i.e., marring Madonna, and inspecting for weapons in Iraq). So I may be one of those people look at this as a comedy of sorts if I pretend that Mr. Penn is not acting. Like I said, the beginning of the movie is startling in the portrayal of how some people live. The final act begins in a way that is also somewhat startling, in the way you see Mrs. Penn. You see, she has found John Travolta to marry, and has had kids with them while Mr. Penn has been in the pen for what he considers to be only three months even when he's released. But then it just fizzles out. REALLY fizzles out. Now Penn should never have been released period, but hey, they do release people a lot worse. And the meeting of everybody involved is probably inevitable, but would not have occurred in real life. They all get together, where Mrs. Penn needs to decide who she's gonna continue with. The evidently stable guy who pulled her out of squalor and raised a family with her, or Sean Penn. We never get to really know the Travolta character, and the way the final scenes are handled are more like slapstick comedy than the world the movie started in. I just wish they could have come up with an ending the befit the first two thirds of the movie.
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Summary: The worst
Review: As much as I respect the Penns, Travolta, and the other actors involved, I must go along with the minority voices on this one. I just saw it on a bus ride to NYC and thought it was worse than the nasal surgery I just had three weeks ago. I missed the opening credits, so only found out at the end that it was Robin Wright Penn--much to my dismay, as I've enjoyed her work elsewhere. The worst parts of John (and apparently Nick) Cassavetes--meandering script, unlikeable characters, tedium, tedium, tedium. Root canal might be more meaningful.
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Summary: Falls apart in the second half
Review: Eddie (Sean Penn) and Maureen (Robin Wright Penn) are alcoholics who are obsessively in love with each other. They exist in a psychotic little paradise that is buoyed by Eddie's frenetic energy and drive to please Maureen--when he is around, anyway. He is prone to disappear for days at a time. This part of the film is a gritty, fascinating character study. Eddie goes to jail for ten years. During that time, Maureen marries Joey (John Travolta), and they start a family. Eddie is released from jail and he wants Maureen back, which sets the stage for the second half of the film. Here it goes astray. It was difficult for me to understand the choices that Maureen makes at the end of this film, even given the fact that she is crazy. Such craziness seems to be at odds with the suburban lifestyle that she has maintained with apparent success for a decade. This sets up a basic conflict that made it impossible for me to accept the last half of the film, despite excellent performances by the entire cast.
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Summary: Falls apart in the second half
Review: Eddie (Sean Penn) and Maureen (Robin Wright Penn) are alcoholics who are obsessively in love with each other. They exist in a psychotic little paradise that is buoyed by Eddie's frenetic energy and drive to please Maureen--when he is around, anyway. He is prone to disappear for days at a time. This part of the film is a gritty, fascinating character study. Eddie goes to jail for ten years. During that time, Maureen marries Joey (John Travolta), and they start a family. Eddie is released from jail and he wants Maureen back, which sets the stage for the second half of the film. Here it goes astray. It was difficult for me to understand the choices that Maureen makes at the end of this film, even given the fact that she is crazy. Such craziness seems to be at odds with the suburban lifestyle that she has maintained with apparent success for a decade. This sets up a basic conflict that made it impossible for me to accept the last half of the film, despite excellent performances by the entire cast.
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Summary: A story about love that never dies.
Review: Eddie and Maureen are crazy in love, however Eddie is also just plain crazy. When a neighbor beats and rapes Maureen, Eddie goes over the edge and gets confined to a mental institution for 10 years. When he is finally released, he finds that his Maureen has divorced him and is remarried with children. Now Maureen must choose between the stability of her new life, and the passion she once felt with Eddie. I loved this movie, and was moved to tears by the love between Eddie and Maureen.
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