Excess of Opinions

So very, very sweet and not nearly as odd as one might think. I get the whole Ryan Gosling thing now, I get it.

very sweet, with snappy, witty Whedonesque dialog. Michael Cera is adorable, and hey, free Allison Janney! Ellen Page has this kickass Janeane Garofalo-meets-Jodie Foster thing goin’ on.

nicely done! all the stories are quite different, and so many of them – reminded me a bit of Night On Earth, although there’s a rather saccarine ending. just the variety of styles and stories kept me interested. Steve Buscemi is so my boyfriend.

very densely packed with bizarre hilarity – you really get your Cusack’s worth of strangeness. Extremely quotable (and I do).

CHARMING!! delicious and cute and thoroughly entertaining. FABULOUS set dressings and costumes! very light while still being earnest – like “Gentleman Prefer Blonds” with modern pacing.

completely adorable and hilarious, in the fine tradition of The 40-Year-Old Virgin. also, free wang! the last act suddenly got a bit forced, but enough goodwill has been built up by then that you don’t begrudge it some unnecessary schmaltz.

George Clooney is a terrible, terrible director who fumbled a clearly tight, snappy script.There is something very wrong with Renee Zellweger’s face. John Krasinski is dreamy, and Stephen Root steals so many scenes he should be arrested. frequently and unforgivably period INaccurate. last and probably least, this movie suffered horribly, pinned beneath the bloated Randy Newman score that he stole from “The Sting” (where it wasn’t much better).

good fun, but all over the place and kind of a mess. all the old people are adorable but sing like drunken donkeys. the old people are CLEARLY having the best time ever, which does eventually become infectious. the 2 kids have stellar voices when they’re allowed to sing, briefly. there’s a music video at the end that completely makes the movie. also? if Meryl Streep’s daughter is supposed to be 20, that would mean she had her at about 38. i’m just sayin’, maybe they should have considered the math when casting.

charming and sad.

this movie is so weird and sweet and troubling. it made my heart grow three sizes.