{"id":2215,"date":"2010-02-05T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T11:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:36:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T14:36:21","slug":"cheri-starring-michelle-pfeiffer-and-rupert-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/cheri-starring-michelle-pfeiffer-and-rupert-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e9ri starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ch\u00e9ri with Michelle Pfeiffer. She is good. The movie? Not so much.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn\u2019t like this movie. Bye.<\/p>\n

Kidding. Well, only about the second part. I really didn\u2019t like this movie.<\/p>\n

I like period pieces and romantic\/sexy stories. I love Michelle Pfeiffer. Director Stephen Fears made Dangerous Liaisons in 1988, starring John Malkovich Glenn Close and Michelle, a movie I adored. So I was expecting something spectacular from Stephen again. Well, the magic is just isn\u2019t here. Of course that cast included the-ever-amazing John Malkovich. Here, we have Rupert Friend. I had previously seen him in Pride and Prejudice in a small role and he had done alright. Now, even \u201calright\u201d would be overstatement.<\/p>\n

The story:<\/strong>
\n Michelle<\/a> plays Lea- a glorified prostitute who is near her retirement age. I am saying glorified, because we are talking about times where some prostitutes had power, money and more style and grace than any other woman in society. She is the godmother of Ch\u00e9ri and this young man has started to concern his mother Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates<\/a>), an ex-prostitute herself. Ch\u00e9ri\u2019s life consists of sex and booze and she\u2019d rather have him mature under the wings of her old friend Lea. But this maturing period lasts longer than they all expected. After 6 years, they are still together. But according to Madame, it is time for his son to get married. She finds the girl and makes all the arrangements. Ch\u00e9ri still would like to have an affair, but Lea doesn\u2019t want to be him after he is married. So they break up, which sends both lovers to different types of depression. They try to get on with their lives, but 6 years of passion and love are not easily forgotten\u2026<\/p>\n

\"ch\u00e9ri<\/a>
Ch\u00e9ri with Rupert Friend and Michelle Pfeiffer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not a story we aren\u2019t used to but hey, it will do. The costumes are fine and Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a> is still very pretty. But the movie doesn\u2019t work. I easily got tired of Kathy Bates<\/a>\u2019 over the top character. I was annoyed by almost everything about Rupert Friend\u2019s Ch\u00e9ri. I failed to see what might have been so appealing about him. He has a pretty face I guess, in a weird way but I half-expected him to announce he was actually gay throughout the movie. He walks, talks and acts funny. He has this weird fascination of pearls and if a guy isn\u2019t gay, his wanting to borrow pink pearls can\u2019t be endearing. I failed to recognize the slightest level of testosterone from him. His personality? There was nothing good or charming. So how am I supposed to believe a \u201clove\u201d story when the guy has nothing to offer? Youth can not be the answer, she has seen many of young men before. I guess we can explain that as shit happens. But surely, a girl finding Ch\u00e9ri as annoying, spoilt and gay is not a good sign?<\/p>\n

And the ending is disappointing too. I am not saying it is happy or sad. I didn\u2019t really care either way but it was just a pointless ending to a pointless story.<\/p>\n

I watched it because as I said: 1) Michelle Pfeiffer<\/p>\n

2) Stephen Frears<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t watch it unless you love period pieces no matter what the story and find Rupert Friend<\/a> cute.<\/p>\n

Also with Michelle Pfeiffer:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolf<\/a><\/p>\n

Tequila Sunrise<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nWith Kathy Bates<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Sister\u2019s Keeper<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. I love you<\/a> \u2013 plays Gerard Butler\u2019s mother-in-law<\/p>\n

White Palace<\/a> \u2013 plays James Spader\u2019s boss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn\u2019t like this movie. Bye. Kidding. Well, only about the second part. I really didn\u2019t like this movie. I like period pieces and romantic\/sexy stories. I love Michelle Pfeiffer. Director Stephen Fears made Dangerous Liaisons in 1988, starring John Malkovich Glenn Close and Michelle, a movie I adored. So I was expecting something spectacular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[1033,154,1031,746,337,1397,408,1032,1030],"class_list":{"0":"post-2215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-movies-and-actors","7":"tag-cheri","8":"tag-drama","9":"tag-kathy-bates","10":"tag-michelle-pfeiffer","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-period-movie","13":"tag-romance","14":"tag-rupert-friend","15":"tag-stephen-frears","16":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI4PB-zJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10633,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/10633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}