The Pallbearer

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Summary: Why you should get this movie.
Review: The reason I love this movie is pretty simple. The movie overall is a date movie and is good, but most people won't like it if they expect to laugh through the whole thing. Sure there are funny spots, but the movie isn't great for those. It's great for the heartwrenching scenes with David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow. Including one particular sad one when they play Sheryl Crow's "I Shall Believe." David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow dance to this. When you see the movie you'll see why this scene is more heartwrenching than it is happy. So, if you are looking for a good movie that can pull on your heartstrings as well as make you laugh occasionally with Schwimmers hyjinx, then this is a good one for you.

Rating:
Summary: Why you should get this movie.
Review: The reason I love this movie is pretty simple. The movie overall is a date movie and is good, but most people won't like it if they expect to laugh through the whole thing. Sure there are funny spots, but the movie isn't great for those. It's great for the heartwrenching scenes with David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow. Including one particular sad one when they play Sheryl Crow's "I Shall Believe." David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow dance to this. When you see the movie you'll see why this scene is more heartwrenching than it is happy. So, if you are looking for a good movie that can pull on your heartstrings as well as make you laugh occasionally with Schwimmers hyjinx, then this is a good one for you.

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Summary: As Limp as a stale lettuce leaf
Review: This is by far the worse movie I have ever had the misfortune to waste my time viewing. Schwimmer has all the charisma (and I used to be a fan)of stale lettuce, this movie is not funny at all, one wonders what Paltrow is doing wasting her not inconsiderable talents in this poor excuse of a show. Save your money and watch 'The Graduate'instead. Awkward and boring.

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Summary: God awful
Review: This movie just couldn't decide what it wanted to be, whether a comedy, drama, or romance. At just little over an hour & a half, it felt overly long, and dragged. When plied with alcohol, I can easily fall asleep during a particularly dull movie, but I was tired as it was after having not slept well the previous night, and kept having to eat something to keep me awake during this. I never noticed it as much during Friends, but David Schwimmer has one expression and that's the irritating hangdog expression. The whole film felt like the way you feel when you're in a rush, and people are (deliberately) getting in your way, or just coming to a dead stop, and leave you walking off, muttering to yourself. The Pallbearer tries to put a different spin on a romantic comedy and fails miserably.

This film's one saving grace is the actress playing Schwimmer's mum, who's never given the decency of a name, just credited by "Tom's mother". She was in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as Miss Baggoli, although she looked like the mum from Carrie 2 as well. She wasn't on screen apart from a couple of scenes, and she was hilarious, especially in one of her early scenes, when she opens the door to her son's room and finds one of those security chains blocking her way. The look on her face is fantastic, including her line: "What's this friggin' chain for?"

Apart from her, this film belongs on really late night TV, where no-one will ever see it.

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Summary: Cute & Different Movie
Review: This movie was OK, not the best, but good. but this is o