I REALLY wanted to like this movie. Really. I was invited to attend the Vancouver premier, and in that love-in supportive environment, with the director and producer present and applauded, I was SO ready for it to be good, but it wasn't - it was terrible. The plot was all over the map, the dialogue was unbelievably thin and rushed, and the character development was non-existent. The heart of the story essentially hinged on the chemistry between Wendy Crewson and Joe Cobden (and to a lesser extent between Crewson and Peter Coyote) which never came close to materializing. For most of the movie, they appeared to be reading their lines to each other in various clever locations and camera shots. Basically, I never cared about these characters because of a thin plot and poor writing, and I never bought what was supposed to be an overwhelming love between the two main characters. Some of the writing was very funny and clever (Geritol, Sanka...) and a good portion of the (locally shot) cinematography was brilliant, but in a love story, you have to buy into the love to enjoy the story- it just wasn't there.
Review of Suddenly Naked
