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Alex & Emma
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Luke Wilson, Kate Hudson, Sophie Marceau |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Warner Bros. |
| Web Site: |
www.alexandemmamovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Girls might like
the love story, or just won't get it. |
| Date Movie: |
Guys, it's only an
hour and a half. Indulge her as long as she lets you see
"The Hulk." |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
One pretty serious
scene, but no nudity. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
The dudes
threatening to kill Alex, but you really don't believe them. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
A few. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
None. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Rob Reiner |
| Produced By: |
Elie Samaha, Rob Reiner, Alan Greisman,
Jeremy Leven, Todd Black |
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Alex & Emma
A Movie Review |
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It’s not that I thought "Alex & Emma" sucked, it just seemed to
lack a knockout punch, or at least a decent round, to get you wrapped
up in the story. It’s almost too cutesy, and once again we get a
romantic comedy that pretty much shows women are suckers for groveling
men.
Alex (Luke Wilson) has a problem. He’s gambled away his book
advance and now owes some Cubans a bunch of cash. He’s got 30 days to
finish writing his book so he can get the rest of the advance money so
he can pay back the Cubans and not get dead. What does Alex do? Well,
he calls a company that sends out stenographers, pretends he works at
a law firm, and Emma (Kate Hudson) appears on his doorstep. So here is
this woman, on the doorstep of an apartment that makes some slums look
like palaces, accepting a job from a guy who says he won’t be able to
pay her until the end of 30 days when the book is finished. It seems
he wants to dictate the book and have her type it up. Alright, so the
initial premise is farfetched, but then comes the rest of the movie.
As Alex is dictating his novel, Emma is always one to chime in with
her opinion. Now sometimes this opinion is alright, but mostly it just
stops Alex and makes him explain approach to writing a novel. Quickly
we are able to see that Alex is telling a story similar to his love
life now, except set in 20’s. This is never more apparent than his
continuing changing of one of the characters in his story, the au
pair, from a bouncy Sweden to a bossy German to a swinging Spaniard,
and finally to the sensible Anna. Pretty much the Emma is Anna.
So while Alex is dictating his story, we get movie bits of his
novel starring none other than Emma as the au pair and Alex as Adam
Shipley, the dude in the story who loves two women. But where is the
other woman in Alex’s life? Well, low and behold she shows up to
really make Alex’s novel end exactly as he wrote it, as his publisher
calls it, bittersweet, because the Adam loses both women.
But can a romantic comedy end on a bittersweet note? No way in
hell. As you can easily calculate, even though Emma now seems to hate
Alex, well, somehow there will be a twist to get them together in the
end.
The movie is totally calculated from beginning to end. We never get
a sense of urgency based on Alex’s 30 days to being dead plot, pretty
much all Kate Hudson is good at is smiling (but I will admit it is a
beautiful smile) and acting goofy, and if you saw Luke Wilson as the
movie portrays him, I doubt you would buy him as a romantic comedy
writer. It is for these reasons that my only recommendation for "Alex
& Emma" is to wait for it as a rental. Guys, you might have to take
your lady to this in order to make up for dragging her to "The Hulk,"
but be thankful it’s only about an hour and a half long. It’s okay,
but in the realm of romantic comedies there is nothing in this one to
really remember. 2 stars out of 5 for "Alex & Emma."
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
