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Jenny's Wedding (2015)
Meh...
The movie starts off OK. We've got Katherine Heigl as a lesbian comming out of the closet, with conservative parents, gossiping sister and a brother. And showing the hipocrisy of the parents and the conflict is pretty interesting.
But then an hour passes and it gets so horrificly boring.
Of course the movie needs a cliche happy end so everyone has to make up. But it just becomes lazy and basically shows the montage of the offended father with preparations for the wedding.
The brother has no purpose in a movie. The sister and her husband are just awkward. They only serve the purpose of showing that straight relationships can be toxic, but it is done in a such lazy way...
The father's character is inconsistant. First you think he's going to support his daughter no mather what. Then he turns his back on her cause she made one scene.
The mother is the most interesting and best acted character. You can understand the conflict between "what will people say" and "that is my daughter". Once they get along the movie could end for all that I care.
The main character's love interest has no personality or backstory whatsoever. We only find out that she's a teacher and her mother lives far away. We don't find out anything about whether her parents even come to the wedding. It's Jenny's Wedding, not Kitty's. Kitty is just an accessory.
And finally - Jenny. I don't personally hate Katherine Heigl, nor do I adore her. Here she is just a generic character that you basically don't care about enough to like the movie.
Dog Gone (2008)
Awfully stupid
I didn't expect much, given that it's a kids movie and the DVD came free with instant tea, but this was just awful.
It's a retarded, poor cousin of Home Alone. The script is tragically stupid, the acting is horrible. In fact - the dog is the best actor on this thing. I am a kind of masochist not to turn it off before it ended. Every scene I wondered - could it be any dumber? And yes, it could. It just got worse and worse every minute.
I liked French Steward in 3rd Rock From The Sun. Here he just acts like a cartoon. Screaming like an idiot while chasing the kid... Plus - his two interchangeable sidekicks as cartoonish as he is.
Plus, a major plot hole: a Labrador lives for 10+ years. The kid is about 12? And he mourns his dog that passed away of old age. His sister is about 16. And she's allergic to dogs. So the parents tormented one of their children since she was 6 or so to fulfill their other child's request. Way to go, mum and dad!
Saying that the kids will like it is just wrong. Mark my words: treat your children like morons and they'll grow up to be morons.