Book Girl and I went to see It's complicated when it first came out. It looked cute in the previews and the reviews were good. What's not to like about Meryl Streep! And we enjoyed it.
Would you change your past if you could?
I found it funny that one of my previous posts that reposted the day we saw the movie, fit right in with this movie. Would you change your past if you could.
If you had a chance for a re-do, would you grab it with both hands? Can it succeed?
The characters
John Krasinski as Harley steals every scene he is in. He's just terrific. The guy you love to watch.
Alec Baldwin takes parody of himself to a new level. Funny, yes. But...I remember the younger version. And hairy...and a man of a certain age.
Steve Martin plays a sort of Eeyore character. When he finally lets loose, it is fun.
Meryl Streep is a femme of a certain age whose children are grown and nearly grown. It's taken her a long time to get comfortable in and with her divorced state. Then in a drunken moment with her ex, they become lovers, which mortifies her and gives him a new, funny lease on life.
One of the funniest scenes has to do with marijuana. Reminds me in some respects of the scene in Banger Sisters.
I loved the relationship with her friends.
A whole lotta life is skewered. Young chicky babe wives. Fertility issues. (Not sure I'd want a second after seeing their first, LOL.) Marijuana. The French.
My take
I found it bittersweet. Book Girl loved it. (She didn't like Last Chance Harvey.)
People face their vulnerabilities and come out the other side. Unfinished things are laid to rest -- or not. Life is what it is. Live it with gusto!
It is a romantic comedy for grownups. Not everything is sweetness and light, but it sure is funny! And it's good to be vindicated and to understand the other(s.)
Sometimes it hit a little close to home.
Maybe we need to see the humor in our own lives.
And maybe it's good to see a woman of a certain age be the object of love and desire. And be in charge and make intelligent choices. Love her kids. Love herself. Have a life -- and a good one!
Have you seen it?
Did you love it?
And of course now you can get it on DVD.
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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Originally posted 2009-12-28 18:29:43.
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