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Sweet November
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Starring: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Liam Aiken
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Released By: Warner Bros.
Web Site: www.sweetnovember.com
Kiddie Movie: Lots of sex talk so it's up to you.
Date Movie: She make you take her after seeing "Haniball".
Gratuitous Sex: Close but no nudity.  Perky nipples, bras, and see-thru shirts.
Gratuitous Violence: Nah.
Action: Nah.
Laughs: Some chuckles.
Memorable Scene: Sara explaining to Nelson how he would spend the night of November 2nd at home, and the scene with little Abner racing his boat.
Memorable Quote: Nelson says to Sara "Listen up, Moonbeam..."
Directed By: Patrick O'Connor
Produced By: Erwin Stoff, Deborah Aal, Steven Reuther, Elliott Kastner

Sweet November
A Movie Review

MPAA Rated - PG-13

It's 1:59 Long

A Review by
The Dude on the Right

There was a tagline for "Sweet November" which called it the date movie of the year. Hello? It’s February. What an easy cop-out. Sure, bring her along (actually she’ll probably drag you along because you made her see "Hannibal"), and dudes, Charlize looks great and almost shows a boob, but I’ll tell you what, "Sweet November" is not exactly a pick-me-upper kind of date movie. And if you think that ruins the movie, I guess you didn’t see the trailers.

In "Sweet November" you get Nelson (Keanu Reeves). He’s an advertising guy who is all work and no play (except for jazzin’ his girlfriend). At the DMV (that’s the Department of Motor Vehicles for you people who don’t drive) he is taking his driver’s test and tries to cheat off of Sara (Charlize Theron). As it usually goes for the nice people, well, she gets busted for cheating. Sara feels there is payback in order, or at least Nelson should drive her around, but her ultimate goal is making Nelson sleep with her for a month. Okay, it’s not that simple because I’m sure most dudes would say "Alright, I’ll sleep with you for a month with no strings attached, especially since you’re hot!", but, in actuality, she wants him to move in so she can fix his miserable, but rich, life. At first he wouldn’t consider,but now he’s got nothing going because he just pitched the All-American hot dog as a sex food and lost his job. Such is advertising.

So, yea, you can guess it - Nelson changes his tune, Sara shows him the light, and low and behold they fall in love. Here’s the problem, and if you saw the trailers you know, Sara’s not well. I don’t mean like she’s wacko, well, she is slightly eccentric, but she is sick. And that makes for the not exactly a pick-me-upper kind of date movie.

I’ll leave the synopsis at that. I think I’ve ruined enough, but I will say that the movie does have its moments. Somehow Keanu and Charlize have a chemistry. They had it in "Devil’s Advocate" and they develop it here, too. Also, some of the scenes hit a little too close to home and some are a little cute. Take, I guess, it was probably November 2nd in the movie, as Sara explains what will happen when Nelson goes home. She explains, sort of, and maybe not in this order, that he will get home, turn on the TV and get bored. Then he will go on his computer and get bored. Then he will surf the internet and get bored. And then he will think of her. Now that I think about it, moving in with Sara for a month might not be that bad because other than the think of her part, well, I was in the movie theater without a date.

I can’t say that "Sweet September" is a bad movie, it just isn’t great. If you’ve seen what’s already in theaters, it’s a good movie for the two of you. Keanu bares his chest for the dudettes and Charlize looked like she wanted the air conditioning turned up a bit for the dudes. It’s 3 stars out of 5 for "Sweet November." It’s cute but also kind of sad.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

 

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