movie review: Happy Endings
i like to check out http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ when i'm thinking about going to see a movie, largely because it seems to have no standards as to the reviews it compiles. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't only care about professional, learned reviewers with an edumacation. no siree, there's Joe Blow's Movie Reviews Dot Com right there next to Filmschool FancyPants, Ph. D.
i like the inherent socialism of that system very much.
anyways, i wasn't initially interested in "Happy Endings", in part because of a poor Tomatometer rating, but then i saw Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Daily Show, and swooned, and changed my mind. i said "hey, it'll suck, but who cares?! cute girl!"
i am here to officially tell you that the Tomatometer has failed! this movie is great!!
"Happy Endings" is adorable without being mindless, every single last person in it is nice to look at in a way that doesn't make you feel bad about your own reflection, and it's hilarious without a single joke or pratfall. i highly recommend it.
do i think it needs an oscar? not particularly, but "high art" isn't the only worthwhile kind of art. this movie is smart and interesting and fun to watch, and you leave in a better mood than when you came in.
now, that said...
Jason Ritter is disturbingly identical to his late father, and it was continually alarming to me to hear someone else's voice come out of a face i've been looking at for 30 years. he's an excellent young actor who shares NO similarities to his dad but his face - it's just i've had a lifetime John Ritter, and only 2 hours of Jason.
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