I actually saw this in the theatre and I remember leaving thinking "Wow, that was a Lifetime Lesbian movie of the Week with some crazy good acting and beautiful photography" There were actual several points when the audience started laughing and they were not definitely not 'oh we're laughing with you, not at' moments.
The performances by Moore and Seyfried defintely elevated the material. I get what the director and the actors were going for in this film. The contrast of two women feeling invisibile; one because she believes her beauty and allure has faded and the other because her beauty is so vibrant and distracting that no one can see beyond it. And that as a premise would have been enough, if the writer and director had decided to focus on that. But instead they decided to turn what could have been an interesting meditation on the nature of physical beauty, into a thriller that doesn't really thrill since that aspect was so predictable.
I'm gonna watch it again and see if I feel the same way. Maybe I was just on my period and feeling unecessarily hostile. ;-) As always I am awash with gratitude at your generosity. You make me smile like rainbows and unicorns!
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Date: 2010-04-23 01:55 am (UTC)The performances by Moore and Seyfried defintely elevated the material. I get what the director and the actors were going for in this film. The contrast of two women feeling invisibile; one because she believes her beauty and allure has faded and the other because her beauty is so vibrant and distracting that no one can see beyond it. And that as a premise would have been enough, if the writer and director had decided to focus on that. But instead they decided to turn what could have been an interesting meditation on the nature of physical beauty, into a thriller that doesn't really thrill since that aspect was so predictable.
I'm gonna watch it again and see if I feel the same way. Maybe I was just on my period and feeling unecessarily hostile. ;-) As always I am awash with gratitude at your generosity. You make me smile like rainbows and unicorns!