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The Switch starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston & Patrick Wilson

Posted on August 17, 2011 Written by ripitup

The Switch starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum & Juliettte Lewis.

Wally (Jason Bateman) doesn’t have much in his life apart from his career, and his best friend Kassie (Jennifer Aniston). He is pretty hopeless in the romance department, but he doesn’t really get depressed over his life until Kassie drops a bombshell on him: She wants a baby now and she is determined that the father will be someone she won’t have to deal with, despite Wally’s oppositions.

Wally can’t change her mind, and at a drunken moment, he “loses” the cute donor Roland (Patrick Wilson)’s sperm. So he replaces it with his own…And he doesn’t remember this the next day.

He gets another bombshell when Kassie announces that she is pregnant, and she is moving to another state to be with her parents.

7 years later, Kassie moves back to New York with her 7 year old son Sebastian (Thomas Robinson), and she can’t wait for Wally and her kid to bond. Wally is at first intimated with extremely strange and neurotic boy, but then he realizes that they have a lot in common and they’ve started to get along together. Unfortunately for him and Wally, Roland is back in the picture and ready to court Kassie, and hang out with who he believes to be his son…

It doesn’t help matters that Wally has remembered what he might have done all those years ago, and that Kassie might be the one. Now how do you give your best friend two earth-shattering news? And not lose her, and your kid, in the process?

The Switch is a fun, albeit slow at times, drama/comedy. It is not a romantic comedy in the traditional sense. Sure, the ending is blindingly obvious even from the trailer. But it is not the crazy comedy it was advertised to be, or the romantic comedy with the focus on Jennifer Aniston.

It is more about Wally, and then Wally and Sebastian. It’s Wally’s emotional and hilarious journey as he realizes a lot of things about life, being a parent, being a friend and well…the romantic guy who’d just have to speak up with the worst timing in the world.

Jennifer Aniston haters can relax as Jason Bateman is the focus of the film. I really like Aniston, but this is a Bateman flick. His on-screen relationship with Thomas Robinson is funny, touching, awkward and cute all at the same time. Sure, Bateman makes us laugh and grin, but most of the time he makes us feel emotional. Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and Juliette Lewis hang around for comedic relief, as Aniston serves as the female romantic lead.

No, it is not that funny, and it is not even very romantic. But it is very sweet, sometimes quirky and enjoyable.

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Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. & Zach Galifianakis

Posted on February 2, 2011 Written by ripitup

Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Feat. Juliette Lewis, Danny McBride & Jamie Foxx.

Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is a successful architect on a business trip who can’t wait to get home to Los Angeles and be there for his wife Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) when she gives birth. All it should have taken was a simple first class ride. Unfortunately Peter met Ethan Trembley (Zach Galifianakis) a “weird” guy who claims to be 23 years old, uses dope for a medical condition and wants to be an actor.

Peter suddenly finds himself on the no-flight list and with no suitcase and no wallet. Ethan comes to his rescue by offering him a ride in his rental. A desperate Peter agrees but of course he just might under-estimated how irrational and weird Ethan might be. More things go wrong leading to hilarious moments.

As the story progresses, the audience starts to wonder whether Peter will able to reach Los Angeles in one piece and/or without killing Ethan…

Due Date is 2010-dated comedy from the director of hilarious films The Hangover and Old School. With 3 other co-writers (Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland & Adam Sztykiel) on board, Todd has written and directed a fun road comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

Due Date is not as hilarious as The Hangover. Be ready for that. It probably won’t give you that many laughing cramps. But despite a slowish start and some not-so-funny moments, it is a movie that will entertain you and at some parts, it will make you laugh your butt off.

I started enjoying the movie a lot more after the initial 30-35 minutes. While I am not sure Ethan’s “method” for sleeping was really that funny by itself, the dog imitating the owner was hilarious. And the following morning, the movie tunes up its comedy and with the brief addition of Jamie Foxx’s character, it stays hilarious.

My advice? Some parts might be a little dragging but watch it anyway. It is worth your time.

Favorite scenes:

– The “coffee” at Darryl (Jamie Foxx)’s house.

– Ethan’s implications about Darryl and Peter’s wife.

– Everything right before and after Mexico.

Favorite lines:

Ethan (on when Darryl ran into Peter’s wife): February? 9 months ago?

Darryl: 9-10 months ago.

Ethan: 9.

Peter (to Ethan): I’m sorry we drank your father.

Ethan: That’s OK. There’s still plenty of him here. Darryl only made 3 cups of coffee and there is about 8 cups of my dad left here.

Peter (on the phone to his wife’s voice mail): Ever-faithful husband calling from West Texas. Just checking in…. I actually talked to him (Darryl). He told me about the lovely weekend you guys spent together in San Diego……… If there is something you need to tell me…so that I don’t get surprised in the delivery room…

Ethan (throwing his father’s ashes): Dad, you were like a father to me!

Fun notes:

– Co-writer Adam Sztykiel also wrote Made of Honor, a romantic comedy starring Michelle Monaghan and Patrick Dempsey.

– Due Date features Juliette Lewis in a small role as Ethan’s drug-dealer. She also co-starred in Old School.

– The Hangover Part II is in the works.

– Danny McBride makes a funny and annoying appearance as the unhelpful Western Union guy.

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No Strings Attached, The Switch and Morning Glory: 3 Romantic Comedies to Anticipate

Posted on November 9, 2010 Written by ripitup

No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in No Strings Attached

The storyline is obviously ordinary and predictable but if you like the actors, this one seems to be having some nice jokes and it is also refreshing that it is the girl who resists mixing romantic feelings with the sexual ones. Here’s the plot:

Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman are longtime friends and at some point they realize that they are the best candidates for each other when it comes to a non-problematic, non-complicated no strings attached sex. But just like many friends with benefits arrangements in real life and fictional world, things will get complicated. We will just have to see if this one will dare to pull a 500 Days of Summer type of ending…

No Strings Attached Trailer:

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Morning Glory starring Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford & Patrick Wilson

Morning Glory starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson. Also featuring Jeff Goldblum.

Rachel McAdams plays a young and ambitious news producer who is happy to land a job, despite she is warned by her boss (Jeff Goldblum) that she will be underpaid, overworked and will have a really hard time. She is too over-the-moon to turn this opportunity down. The show is hosted by the eccentric Diane Keaton and Rachel’s job certainly doesn’t get any easier when she decides to hire even the more eccentric, veteran host Harrison Ford, who thinks he is just too good for the position. In addition to her ever-challenging job, her romance with a co-worker (Patrick Wilson) might not make her life any easier either.

A sweet comedy with a touch of romance, true-to-life career ups and downs; including a great friendship story….I love the cast and I so can relate to the plot. I’ll be seeing this movie.

Morning Glory Trailer

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9lWUqraDoU [/pro-player]

The Switch starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Juliette Lewis & Jeff Goldblum

The Switch Movie starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and Juliette Lewis

Whether I will wait for the DVD or just see it at the theaters is irrelevant. I will watch this film. Yes, all Jennifer Aniston-haters, you’re welcome to look down on me for being enthusiastic about her new romcom. But frankly, even though I agree that Jen needs diversity in her career, romcom is a profitable genre, it has a certain audience and a good one can offer a great escapism and there is no reason you can’t enjoy it if you like the actors. And even if you despise Jennifer Aniston, have you seen the rest of the cast?

And I did have a real laugh (during the trailer) at how Jason Bateman ends up making the switch and then forgets about it. Sure, the fact that he had feelings for his friend for 13 years and is only just realizing it goes against all my experience and beliefs about relationships and love, but hey, we watched Friends. We can handle this storyline.

And yes, I wish I could see more of Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum and have loved Juliette Lewis since What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Cape Fear.

The Switch Trailer

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEYqgyXyk9A [/pro-player]

Note: You can watch the trailers on IMDB by clicking on the links below. Just incase youtube videos don’t work for some reason.

IMDB Trailer Links

No Strings Attached

Morning Glory

The Switch

Whip It starring Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore and Juliette Lewis

Posted on February 4, 2010 Written by ripitup

Whip It, starring Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore and Juliette Lewis

Fun. This movie was just really fun. Roller-skating, dreams, romance, family issues and friendship came together beautifully.

Ellen Page (Juno, Inception) plays Bliss, a 17-year-old girl more into indie and bohemian stuff rather than her mother’s (Marcia Gay Harden) obsessive interest in beauty pageants. Bliss and her best friend are bored to death by their small town Bodeen and Bliss finds the perfect escapism when she gets a flyer for a roller derby in Austin.

These roller-skating chicks fascinate her. She works really hard and manages to get into a team. This is where the fun actually starts. Her team mates (rap singer Eve, Drew Barryomore, Saturday Night Live’ s Kristen Wiig) are all fun loving young(ish) women with fun nicknames. Their coach is a nice guy named Razor (Andrew Wilson) whose problem is that while his team loves the game, they don’t seem to mind losing all the time. So he is delighted to have Bliss: she is fast and determined. She has many problems though: She doesn’t seem tough enough and her biggest rival Maven (Juliette Lewis) really hates her. She has lied about her age to get in and her parents have no idea what she is really doing….

Yeah, this is one of those coming-of-age stories. We watch Bliss’ first passion, first love (band singer Oliver, played by Landon Pigg), her relationship with her not-always-understanding parents. But Drew Barrymore (also the director of the movie) has done a great job of entertaining the audience and making us empathize with the characters. Despite all the themes you have seen before (maybe with the exception of a roller derby), the movie has a certain freshness to it. All the actors are lovely but of course Ellen Page owns the film. The movie is based on the novel of Shauna Cross. Shauna Cross wrote the screenplay herself.

Rated 7.1 on IMDB. I think anywhere between 6-7 is just fine.

Fun Facts:
– Despite looking really 17, Ellen Page is actually 23 in this movie.

– Landon Pigg is really a singer in real life, this is first major role.

– The coach is played by Andrew Wilson, who is the brother of Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson.

– The roller derby is host is played by Jimmy Fallon.

– Pay attention how “Pash and Bliss” rewrite the lyrics of the song Joleen for Bodeen.