| Well, I loved this movie. I saw it first last spring when it was in
the theaters, and then rented it and watched it again a couple of
months ago. I even enjoyed it the 2nd time around. I felt that I
could identify a lot with both of the main characters. I thought
parts of it were sad, but that other parts were filled with hope, and
that some scenes were very funny. I didn't find it anymore dreary,
than I find life. I thought it had a mix of ups and downs,just as I
think real life does. Christine Lahti is one of my favorite actresses
and I thought she was good in this as well.
So, I liked it a lot. I tend to like road movies (and novels), anyway,
and especially when they concern women, (or minorities - as in Thelma &
Louise or The Living End), and, as a single/divorced woman, living on
my own, without much money, and a long trail of broken relationships
behind me, I felt I could especially relate to these two characters.
Lorna
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| I loved this movie too. But then I will watch a movie just for the
cinematography, of which I thought this film's was excellent. I
thought it was a fun and adventurous tale. I saw it on a big screen, I
often wonder if this has a lot to do with my liking or not liking some
films.
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| I saw this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. It felt a lot like
Thelma and Louise to me, except without the pervasive sense of
inevitability of T&L.
I appreciated the writers' lack of cop-outs and not taking the
predictable paths. The two women were strongly drawn and acted and
were totally believable. I felt that the script didn't drag at all- I
laughed out loud quite a few times. The story was surreal, improbable
and yet quite believable. In a similar manner to "The Crying Game", the
two main characters take a less travelled path at right angles to
'normal' and yet are real enough people that the viewer can still feel
that it *could* happen and can identify with the leads.
The scenery was *awesome* even on the small screen. Equal to the "Year
of the Comet". :^)
Cheers,
George
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