The tone of this film is quite confused. I just can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing. The subject matter here is deadly serious; the tone jumps back and forth from deadly serious to absurd quirky humor, and then to lots of places...
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie
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The tone of this film is quite confused. I just can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing. The subject matter here is deadly serious; the tone jumps back and forth from deadly serious to absurd quirky humor, and then to lots of places in-between. Now, I did read the book, and in places it IS absurd, but rarely funny or quirky. Now, I know the film is a totally different beast from the book, but there is something to be said for being familiar with the source material. I already knew this story going into the viewing experience and expected a much more serious film. I can accept the addition of light-heartedness, after all the subject matter is almost TOO serious. However, I fear this film went a bit too far. Augusten's experiences were at times so horrifying that we should have at least seen this on a grittier film stock; the way this movie was shot it looks like 'Herbie: Fully Loaded' whereas it should probably look a bit more like 'Mommie Dearest'. Also, as usual I found Gwyneth Paltrow to be way off-base, playing a character from a different movie. She doesn't act so much as she warbles in various incoherent notes. Alec Balddwin would be perfect here...if the film were actually a quirky dramedy. But it's not. It's a serious drama that's been dressed in quirky clothes.
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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I really enjoyed the book, but couldn't picture it as a movie. The film as a whole just never really went anywhere and tended to jump to different periods of his life without any real rhyme or reason.
- 19.March.2009
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- by: deevoc
- deevoc rated this movie6/10Okay
I really enjoyed the book, but couldn't picture it as a movie. The film as a whole just never really went anywhere and tended to jump to different periods of his life without any real rhyme or reason.
- 19.March.2009
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- by: deevoc
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The movie and the book are bad. This film, which unfortunately I paid to see in a theater, is unwatchable.
- 16.March.2009
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- by: Norm Gregory
- Norm Gregory rated this movie2/10Bad
The movie and the book are bad. This film, which unfortunately I paid to see in a theater, is unwatchable.
- 16.March.2009
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- by: Norm Gregory
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