Change Your Image
nataliermelendez
Reviews
Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
Uh-huh...
The Boyfriend School is a classic tale and it goes a little something like this: A socially awkward (but good-natured) cancer survivor falls in love with a beautiful woman whom he knows virtually nothing about, except that she's attractive and not the least bit interested in him as a person. His sister, a trashy romance novelist, helps him out by putting him through a rigorous diet and exercise plan. She also advises him to change his name, ethnicity, and adopt the characteristics of a standard, douche-bag Alpha-male. Wahla! He blossoms from a pale, sickly, bald guy named Gus to a bronzed, hard-bodied beach bro (with a curly blond Lorenzo Lamas-lookin' mullet) named Lobo. Suddenly the object of his desire is interested. Of course, at some point he has to come clean about who he really is and she has to realize that while she was so caught up in the superficial, she failed to realize that Gus was the man of her dreams all along... yadayadayada. What's the point of this story? Inner-beauty triumphs over outer-beauty. Of course, you have to look good in order for people to even want to get to know your inner-beauty. Oh, and it doesn't matter if you're a superficial nitwit because there will always be some dude out there happy to change himself to be the man of your dreams. Message received, Hollywood. Thanks a lot!
Ten Inch Hero (2007)
It's bad. Don't let the glowing reviews on here fool you
I caught this on cable a few nights ago and, based on the synopsis ("Four friends search for love and happiness while working at a California sandwich shop"), I figured it would fall into the "so bad, it's good" category. Well, it's pretty straightforward bad. Don't get me wrong, there are many an unintentionally hilarious moment. Actually, it's chock-full of unintentionally hilarious moments (i.e. the back-alley beat-down and the cheesy paint-by- numbers mural at the end) which is why the 10 star reviews on here are highly questionable.
Charming? Incredible? A tasty treat?
Betsy Morris, is that you?
The plot centers around three young women who sort out their love lives and personal issues while working a minimum wage job in food service. Does that sound vaguely familiar? Yeah, "Ten Inch Hero" is basically the the less attractive little sister to "Mystic Pizza." In place of Mystic Pizza's endearing characters, we have a group of one-dimensional, stereotyped duds whose personal woes aren't all that interesting when you get right down to it. In fact, I can't even remember any of the character's motives. Was there a plot?
I wouldn't recommend this movie unless you've had a rough day and, rather than taking out your frustrations on those closest to you, you need a trite, direct-to-video movie as your sh**-talking outlet. If you're looking for the charming, incredible, feel good rom com some of the "reviewers" on here have mentioned, keep looking.