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Mr. Sunshine starring Matthew Perry, Andrea Anders, James Lesure & Alison Janney

Posted on July 27, 2011 Written by ripitup

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Mr. Sunshine starring Matthew Perry.
Mr. Sunshine starring Matthew Perry. Not always laugh-out-loud, but original, quirky and helluva lot of fun! Image via winkcity.blogspot.com

 

Ben Donovan’s (Matthew Perry) is managing The Sunshine Center, a popular venue that welcomes over 17.000 guests for important events such as sports games, concerts, the circus and more. While the 40-year-old Ben has his issues (he is a self-centered guy with commitment issues), he is practically the sanest person working there. His boss, Crystal (Allison Janney) is a nut job who barely has had a decent conversation with her adult son. She hires him to connect with him, but as Ben soon realizes, the guy has no skills. Then there is his ex friends-with- benefits Alice (Andrea Anders) who prefers Ben’s colleague (James Lesure, Las Vegas’ Mike) over him. As episodes progress, we get to see the competitive and shallow sides of the couple. Oh, and Ben’s assistant Heather (Portia Doubleday) is rumored to have set a guy on fire…

Mr. Sunshine is a lovely comedy/drama with the ever charming and entertaining Matthew Perry. His Ben is a very easy character to rela3te to, and you feel for him as he does in fact seem to be the only person getting real work done. He handles Crystal and her requests, and pulls the big events off. While his work mates are nutty, they are likable and well….what office isn’t full of nutty characters?

Ben is less depressing than Matthew’s previous TV show character Matt (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).  While it was a solid drama that I was sorry to let go, Mr. Sunshine is a lot lighter and it concentrates on the comedy rather than the drama. Mr. Sunshine show isn’t always hilarious and I don’t think the creators (Matthew Perry being one of them) never intended to give you stomach cramps from laughing. It is good entertainment with interesting characters. Let’s hope Mr. Sunshine gets more seasons. Even though Chandler will always be my favorite (and to me, the funniest) Matthew Perry character, it is always a pleasure watching him on screen.

Some Favorite lines:

Episode 1:

It is awkward since Alice dumped Ben (Matthew Perry) to be with Alonzo (James Lesure). Ben and Alonzo are walking, and Alonzo sees the elephant the circus is currently missing.

Alonzo: (seeing the elephant) Alfonso: There´s an elephant in the room

Ben: (taking it metaphorically): Yeah.

Alonzo: No, really.

Ben: What do you do in a situation like this?

Alfonso: I´m gonna run for my life.

Ben: Yeah that sounds good.

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Episode 2:

Alice and Ben run across each other and compare their lowest moments:

Alice: I just stole frisbees from blind children

Ben: I just got a hot teenager’s phone number

Then they both look down and go their separate ways.

**

Fun notes:

  • Andrea Anders co-starred in Joey, the Friends spin-off. She starred opposite Matt LeBlanc.
  • James Lesure and Matthew Perry co-starred in the drama Studio Sunset on the Sunset Strip.

 

 

Also on Matthew Perry

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17 Again starring Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Michelle Trachtenberg and Leslie Mann

Numb starring Matthew Perry

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Filed Under: TV shows Tagged With: Allison Janney, andrea anders, comedy, james lesure, Matthew Perry, mr sunshine cast, mr sunshine tv show, mr. sunshine, mr. sunshine tv series, Portia Doubleday

Six Days Seven Nights starring Harrison Ford, Anne Heche and David Schwimmer

Posted on May 16, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Six Days Seven Nights starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche.
Six Days Seven Nights starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche. Image from: http://gallery.sendbad.net

Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) is a successful young woman working for a women’s lifestyle magazine and she is happy with her long-term boyfriend Frank (David Schwimmer). Frank surprises her with a romantic vacation (6 days, 7 nights) plan and they fly to Tahiti. They need to get on a smaller plane to fly to their destination island. Their pilot is Quinn (Harrison Ford), an older American who couldn’t be more opposite in his manners compared to both Robin and Frank. Their co-pilot is Quinn’s sort of girlfriend, exotic beauty Angelica (Jacqueline Obradors).

Everything is perfect until Robin gets a call from her boss (Allison Janney) They need to have an urgent photo shoot and she has to fly to a nearby island. She makes a deal with Quinn to fly her there. At first the flight is fine and they seem to be getting along. However, a storm hits and damages the plane. Quinn has to land the plane on a remote island where nobody lives. The landing renders the plane useless. Robin’s panic and the differences in their personalities cause a lot of fighting in the beginning. But they realize they need to get along and work together if they want to survive. In the meantime, Frank and Angelica join a rescue search when they hear that Robin and Quinn didn’t make it to their destination.

The time on the island makes Quinn and Robin realize there is more than meets the eye for both of them and they are growingly attracted to each other. Angelica and Frank might also have found an “interesting” way to cope with their disappearance.

This movie is fun. It has comedy, action and romance all at once and each is in the right amount. I am pleasantly surprised by Harrison Ford. Yes, he is a good actor but in everything else that I saw him in, he is always so serious and charismatic. It had never crossed my mind that I’d call a Harrison character fun and cute. So what if an island is a cliché? I don’t care as long as it works and it does. I love adventure romcoms better than regular romantic comedies because they bring a much more entertaining element to the mix.  What do we have in this movie? David Schwimmer is acting pretty much like his ever-popular character Friends’ character but it is OK. Ross is funny. There are planes crashing, pirates chasing, bugs and wild animals on the loose and a lot of disasters. The ending is typical but again, I remind you that this is a romantic comedy with action. So lay back and enjoy the film. Made in 1998, directed by Ivan Reitman. Rated 5.6 on IMDB. My vote is at 7. It is mindless entertainment and it is good at it!

Favorite Lines:

Robin: I am so scared.

Quinn: If it makes you feel any better, a little scared myself

Robin: No. No, that doesn’t make me feel better.

Quinn: I thought that was what women wanted.

Robin: What?

Quinn: Men who’re not afraid to cry. Men in touch with their feminine side.

Robin: No, not when we are being chased by pirates.

********

Angelica: It’s just that we are going a terrible ordeal. It’s like when after a funeral.

Frank: Yeah?

Angelica: Everybody has sex.

Frank: Not everybody.

******

on Quinn’s age:

Robin: You still look good.

Quinn: I still am good.

********

on the how-to-excite-men/Cosmopolitan type of articles on her magazine…

Quinn: (amused) For Pete’s sake. 10 ways to light his fire…You know how a woman gets a man excited?

Robin: How?

Quinn: She shows up. That’s it. We are guys. We are easy. Of course for that, you can’t charge 6 bucks an issue.

Other Harrison Ford Movies

Regarding Henry

Firewall

Air Force One

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: action, Allison Janney, Anne Heche, comedy, David Schwimmer, Harrison Ford, Ivan Reitman, Jacqueline Obradors, romance, Six Days Seven Nights

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