Saturday, August 16, 2003

DVD Review: What a Girl Wants 4 stars Yet another Cinderalla type story. We watched The Princess Diaries recently as a library rental, and watched Maid in Manhattan twice. Am I trying to tell myself something? This story was especially poignant for me because the coming-of-age girl wishes so much for her father. But most of us have a "missing" story of one kind of another. "If only...." Complete with wicked almost-stepmother and almost-stepsister, the story has some characters who are caricatured a bit. The main characters are quite real, however. The story is good. I'd say this is as good as Maid in Manhattan. It's happy entertainment that leaves you lighter than when you began. 10:20:47 PM    comment []

DVD Review: The Wrong Guy 4 Stars When we read the DVD cover description of The Wrong Guy, we were skeptical. The film sounded too slapstick for our taste. As it turns out, the movie is indeed slapstick. But it didn't matter. I was laughing most of the time watching this comedy. It was great to laugh so much in one evening. I wondered afterward if the movie plays on the tendency to paranoia that many of us have. "They think I'm guilty. They're out to punish me!" Be that as it may, it was great to see it and find it hilarious. I'll give this four stars just because it made me laugh so much. 10:14:01 PM    comment []