It took a bit to get going but McCarthy and Bateman are great together. The whole film is lighthearted and the few gross things (chicken) are so well done that they are a high point. We watched it on the weekend and I told a colleague Monday that she should see it only for her to exclaim about it to me. Really liked it. Not sure what the other reviewers are going on about but reading between the liners, they are busy waiting for Fast and the Furious 35 or something.
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As You Like It
(2006)
Maybe it didn't need to be in Japan...
17 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I liked this movie. It doesn't deserve some of the criticism it receives. If you don't want to see any variance from the Shakespearean setting then don't watch this. It's an adaptation, folks!! If, however, you would like to see a classic play with an interesting location change to spice it up,then this is the one to watch. The only real criticism that I have is that the Japanese references seem somewhat contrived. They never feel integrated into the play. The actors were fun and engaging. No long, boring monologues by stationary actors looking directly at the camera here. The monologues are still here, but re-imagined and presented like movie monologues. (The "all the world's a stage..." one is filmed bizarrely and, in my opinion, doesn't work as well as the others.) Overall, an engaging film that makes Shakespeare even easier to enjoy.
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