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Movie Review...RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
9:02 am
UTC on June 15, 2010
I just finished watching a CHICK FLICK, wasn't as chickie as most but still being that it was about 2 sisters from a seemingly well to do family and one's a drug addict and the other's getting married it's still a chick flick.
But you wanna know the most pathetic part? It's not that I watched the movie,OH NO, it's that I a forty year old dude watched it alone.
Oh well, at least 40's the new 30 I got that much going for me.HAHA!
So, here it goes, MOVIE REVIEW time...
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (I must be gay or something, no offense.)
This movie stars ANNE HATHAWAY as Kym Buckman who is home for a few days,from her drug rehab, to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel.
Anne Hathaway was nominated for a best actress OSCAR for this role but lost to KATE WINSLET who won for THE READER.
ROSEMARIE DEWITT is Rachel the non drug addict sister and bride to be.
You may not be familiar with this actresses name but if you watch UNITED STATES OF TARA on Showtime she plays Charmaine.
And, bonus pointless information, she is also the granddaughter of the late former boxing Heavyweight champion JAMES J. BRADDOCK who fought in the 1920 and 30's.
Not a sports fan? Never heard of him? Well did you ever see the movie CINDERELLA MAN starring RUSSELL CROWE and RENN ZELLWEGER?
Yes, No, Maybe?
Anyway, Russell Crowe played James J. Braddock in that movie.
Here's the movie in a nutshell.
As I already said Kym comes home for a few days for Rachel's wedding and in the days that follow we meet their dad Paul who constantly worries about Kym while leaving his other daughter Rachel feeling somewhat neglected.
Did I say CHICK FLICK?
Their mom, who is divorced from their dad, is played by DEBRA WINGER and may I just say that at 55 she is still pretty smokin'.
HEY DEBBIE, CALL ME.
Back to the movie.
So, the sister's while appearing to be pretty close have their issues.
And, the dad while appearing to be pretty close to each of his daughter's has issues with each of them.
But what about the mom?
She appears to have issues with just her daughter Kym (Anne Hathaway.)
Turns out that when Kym was 16 mom and pops left her home alone with a little brother and her dumbass while high on pain pills drove both their asses off a bridge and into a lake and only one of them lived and it wasn't baby brother.
Kym's never gotten over this and wonders why her mom ever left her alone to babysit even though she knew she was high.
The mom of course won't acknowledge any of this and she ends up slapping Kym who responds by pimp slappin' the hell out of her momma.
Followed by Kym driving her car intentionally off the road and only stopping because her car makes impact into a huge boulder.
Thankfully after spending the night in the woods knocked out from making face to air bag contact Kym is rescued and makes it home in time to be her sister's maid of honor.
So there it is, divorced parents with 2 daughter's 1 in rehab and 1 getting married with a little bit of drama in their family history but still alot more functional than some families I know. HAHA.
Here's in my opinion the best, and strangest, part of the movie.
Now, because the family's name is Buckman and in a couple of scenes they say L'CHAIM (To Life) they are clearly Jewish.
And, Rachel is marrying a schwartze (African-American) so why are they getting married in an Indian (like Bollywood) atirred and themed wedding?
Which as I said proves this family is dysfunctional but fun, just how I like my family.
Before I give you my GREGGY rating, on a scale of 0 to 4 GREGGYS 0 being it sucked and 4 being a classic, let me give you one more bit of useless trivia about this film.
The screenplay was written by Jenny Lumet who is the daughter of legendary film director SIDNEY LUMET director of films such as 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON (awesome) and THE WIZ.
Her granmother is LENA HORNE legendary singer, dancer, actress.
I give this movie 2 GREGGYS which is really good when you consider that I start at 0.
It wasn't great but it didn't suck.
I didn't come close to falling asleep.
I didn't grow a vagina from watching it (an urban legend that guys that watch chick flicks grow a 'gina.)
And, in the end two hours later the movie ended just like I knew it would, with neither one of the hot sister's getting naked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
WRITER'S UPDATE...09 JULY 2010
Only a real man's man could admit to watching this type of movie...ALONE.
Wait a second, what does that saying actually mean, A man's man?
Is a man's man hetero or homo?
But you wanna know the most pathetic part? It's not that I watched the movie,OH NO, it's that I a forty year old dude watched it alone.
Oh well, at least 40's the new 30 I got that much going for me.HAHA!
So, here it goes, MOVIE REVIEW time...
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (I must be gay or something, no offense.)
This movie stars ANNE HATHAWAY as Kym Buckman who is home for a few days,from her drug rehab, to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel.
Anne Hathaway was nominated for a best actress OSCAR for this role but lost to KATE WINSLET who won for THE READER.
ROSEMARIE DEWITT is Rachel the non drug addict sister and bride to be.
You may not be familiar with this actresses name but if you watch UNITED STATES OF TARA on Showtime she plays Charmaine.
And, bonus pointless information, she is also the granddaughter of the late former boxing Heavyweight champion JAMES J. BRADDOCK who fought in the 1920 and 30's.
Not a sports fan? Never heard of him? Well did you ever see the movie CINDERELLA MAN starring RUSSELL CROWE and RENN ZELLWEGER?
Yes, No, Maybe?
Anyway, Russell Crowe played James J. Braddock in that movie.
Here's the movie in a nutshell.
As I already said Kym comes home for a few days for Rachel's wedding and in the days that follow we meet their dad Paul who constantly worries about Kym while leaving his other daughter Rachel feeling somewhat neglected.
Did I say CHICK FLICK?
Their mom, who is divorced from their dad, is played by DEBRA WINGER and may I just say that at 55 she is still pretty smokin'.
HEY DEBBIE, CALL ME.
Back to the movie.
So, the sister's while appearing to be pretty close have their issues.
And, the dad while appearing to be pretty close to each of his daughter's has issues with each of them.
But what about the mom?
She appears to have issues with just her daughter Kym (Anne Hathaway.)
Turns out that when Kym was 16 mom and pops left her home alone with a little brother and her dumbass while high on pain pills drove both their asses off a bridge and into a lake and only one of them lived and it wasn't baby brother.
Kym's never gotten over this and wonders why her mom ever left her alone to babysit even though she knew she was high.
The mom of course won't acknowledge any of this and she ends up slapping Kym who responds by pimp slappin' the hell out of her momma.
Followed by Kym driving her car intentionally off the road and only stopping because her car makes impact into a huge boulder.
Thankfully after spending the night in the woods knocked out from making face to air bag contact Kym is rescued and makes it home in time to be her sister's maid of honor.
So there it is, divorced parents with 2 daughter's 1 in rehab and 1 getting married with a little bit of drama in their family history but still alot more functional than some families I know. HAHA.
Here's in my opinion the best, and strangest, part of the movie.
Now, because the family's name is Buckman and in a couple of scenes they say L'CHAIM (To Life) they are clearly Jewish.
And, Rachel is marrying a schwartze (African-American) so why are they getting married in an Indian (like Bollywood) atirred and themed wedding?
Which as I said proves this family is dysfunctional but fun, just how I like my family.
Before I give you my GREGGY rating, on a scale of 0 to 4 GREGGYS 0 being it sucked and 4 being a classic, let me give you one more bit of useless trivia about this film.
The screenplay was written by Jenny Lumet who is the daughter of legendary film director SIDNEY LUMET director of films such as 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON (awesome) and THE WIZ.
Her granmother is LENA HORNE legendary singer, dancer, actress.
I give this movie 2 GREGGYS which is really good when you consider that I start at 0.
It wasn't great but it didn't suck.
I didn't come close to falling asleep.
I didn't grow a vagina from watching it (an urban legend that guys that watch chick flicks grow a 'gina.)
And, in the end two hours later the movie ended just like I knew it would, with neither one of the hot sister's getting naked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
WRITER'S UPDATE...09 JULY 2010
Only a real man's man could admit to watching this type of movie...ALONE.
Wait a second, what does that saying actually mean, A man's man?
Is a man's man hetero or homo?
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