I have two opinions of this movie.
The first one is that it's an excellent movie; an excellent retelling of my favorite story, Cyrano de Bergerac. Janeane and Uma do an amazing job of being (respectively) Cyrano and Christian, the brains and the body.
The second opinion is rather less flattering to the movie. While it's true that just about anyone would be overshadowed by Uma Thurman, the idea of Janeane G. being 'dumpy' or 'unattractive' is... Hollywood fantasy.
Those of us who really are unattractive would love to look as good as she does, and it's mildly ironic that a movie which talks about the beauty myth at the same time plays into it.
See the movie... but think about it.
The first one is that it's an excellent movie; an excellent retelling of my favorite story, Cyrano de Bergerac. Janeane and Uma do an amazing job of being (respectively) Cyrano and Christian, the brains and the body.
The second opinion is rather less flattering to the movie. While it's true that just about anyone would be overshadowed by Uma Thurman, the idea of Janeane G. being 'dumpy' or 'unattractive' is... Hollywood fantasy.
Those of us who really are unattractive would love to look as good as she does, and it's mildly ironic that a movie which talks about the beauty myth at the same time plays into it.
See the movie... but think about it.