i was REEEEAAALLY into this movie as a tween. probably helps that i identified with Ally Sheedy after seeing The Breakfast Club, and i was in an Asimov robot phase back in the day. i kind of don’t want to watch it again just in case my rosy memory gets tarnished.
sweet and gorgeous and unselfconscious; Lee Pace is completely dreamy and the little girl is spectacular (never precocious). i am confused on how one could NOT love this movie. perfect and beautiful.
snappy and cute and not too terribly sappy. Ricky Gervais is a funny motherfucker, and completely adorable in this as well. extra half-star for cameo by Alan Ruck – when Cameron was in Egypt’s laaaand…let me Cameron gooooooooo…
adorable and much funnier than it even needed to be. “i love you so much it’s retarded”. the drunk girl is a goddamn comic genius.
although i am having trouble understanding a world where Kat Dennings is supposed to be the un-hot one. that girl looks like Scarlett Johansson, except not dead behind the eyes – she’s traffic-stoppingly gorgeous. the “hot girl” looks like a fucking teletubby.
i literally never get tired of watching this movie. clearly a “girl movie”, but excellently done and it actually has half a brain. John Hannah would have to make it to The Mummy 17: Curse of the Clown Factory for my love to dim.
great concept, stellar actors, and just a neat, different take on vampires. not at all “scary”, unless you count an EXTREMELY unfortunate bit of CGI that is just criminal.
that said, it IS a Scandinavian movie; it’s gonna be heavy, uneven, everyone will be dressed like they’re homeless, and it’ll feel 20% longer than it actually is.
HOLY SHIT. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME THIS IS.
not much structure to the plot, but John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph are so real and likable you don’t much mind. their 4 experiences visiting friends are each tour de forces that yank your emotions so hard in different directions, you get whiplash: from Side-Splitting Hilarity, to Vomitous Sanctimony, and on to a double dose of Gut-Wrenching Sorrow. every single actor is on their most subtle A-game, and the meandering path is a pretty good one.