Review: This is a very cleverly written movie with intertwining story lines that are funny and extremely coincidental. Its about a call girl, Isabella, who is telling a reporter how she got into show business. Basically, she is called out to a famous playwrights hotel were she spends the night and gets offered $30,000 to give up the call girl life so she can pursue her career in acting. After taking the money, she is offered a role as the lead in a play but all is not what it seems. I don't want to spoil the movie for people by going into the story too much because there are many shocking moments which made the film a great watch. The acting is great from the whole cast but I did find Isabella's voice annoying. With that aside, there is enough material and different elements to keep you entertained and the brilliant ending brought light to a extremely tricky situation. I personally liked Jennifer Anistons character, who really didn't care about anybody's feeling at all and there are some other cameos like Cybill Shepherd, Richard Lewis, Michael Shannon and Quentin Tarantino near the end so the director put together a great cast for this project. Its just a shame that it didn't get a big distribution campaign behind it! Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and the brilliant writing and smart wit made it a joy to watch. Enjoyable!
Round-Up: Imogen Poots, 26, wouldn't have been my first choice for this movie because of her accent and her innocent persona but the script really did make the film enjoyable. She recently starred in Need for Speed, A Long Way Down, That Awkward Moment and the Look of Love and with 5 movies in the pipeline, she is building up a decent portfolio. Owen Wilson, 46, has made over 50 movies since his debut in Bottle Rocket in 1996. His movies have grossed nearly $2.5 Billion worldwide with Night of the Museum being his biggest earner at $575million. Now that's serious money! Anyway, the film was directed by Peter Bogdanovich, 76, who brought you movies like What's Up Doc? with Barbra Streisand, Paper Moon with Ryan O'Neal, Mask with Cher and the Thing Called Love with the late River Phoenix. This is his first big scale movie that he's directed since the Cats Meow in 2001 but he recently starred in While Were Young with Ben Stiller and Are You Here with Owen Wilson. He really done a good job with this Woody Allen type movie and the unpredictable script is full of drama and wit.
Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $1.6million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their witty comedies/drama about a call girl in New York who gets offered $30,000 to give up that life so she can pursue her career in acting. 6/10
Round-Up: Imogen Poots, 26, wouldn't have been my first choice for this movie because of her accent and her innocent persona but the script really did make the film enjoyable. She recently starred in Need for Speed, A Long Way Down, That Awkward Moment and the Look of Love and with 5 movies in the pipeline, she is building up a decent portfolio. Owen Wilson, 46, has made over 50 movies since his debut in Bottle Rocket in 1996. His movies have grossed nearly $2.5 Billion worldwide with Night of the Museum being his biggest earner at $575million. Now that's serious money! Anyway, the film was directed by Peter Bogdanovich, 76, who brought you movies like What's Up Doc? with Barbra Streisand, Paper Moon with Ryan O'Neal, Mask with Cher and the Thing Called Love with the late River Phoenix. This is his first big scale movie that he's directed since the Cats Meow in 2001 but he recently starred in While Were Young with Ben Stiller and Are You Here with Owen Wilson. He really done a good job with this Woody Allen type movie and the unpredictable script is full of drama and wit.
Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $1.6million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their witty comedies/drama about a call girl in New York who gets offered $30,000 to give up that life so she can pursue her career in acting. 6/10