Enjoyable, clever and, at times, witty romp attempting to capture the screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's.
George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones do not have the chemistry of Hepburn and Tracy but it is not for lack of effort. They are sharp in their recreations of the charm that Katharine and Spencer portrayed oh-so-effortlessly but the charisma that the afore-mentioned actors had is somewhat lacking.
This is a completely enjoyable film -- with some very good laugh-out-loud set-ups -- at least the audience did have some good guffaws.
Ms Zeta-Jones is an amazingly attractive woman. Mr Clooney is as striking as she is; this goes a long way in making the audience like them -- as actors -- if not as Marilyn Rexroth and Miles Massey.
The `screwball comedies' of an earlier era at least attempted to make some kind of social statement (Dinner at Eight, My Man Godfrey and even Ninotchka); this film, while entertaining, only comments on the greed and avarice of a particular character.
You will know how it ends before it does.
While certainly not the best of this season's films -- it is not a waste of the price of admission and should be seen for the piece of fluff that it is.
I did enjoy it.
George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones do not have the chemistry of Hepburn and Tracy but it is not for lack of effort. They are sharp in their recreations of the charm that Katharine and Spencer portrayed oh-so-effortlessly but the charisma that the afore-mentioned actors had is somewhat lacking.
This is a completely enjoyable film -- with some very good laugh-out-loud set-ups -- at least the audience did have some good guffaws.
Ms Zeta-Jones is an amazingly attractive woman. Mr Clooney is as striking as she is; this goes a long way in making the audience like them -- as actors -- if not as Marilyn Rexroth and Miles Massey.
The `screwball comedies' of an earlier era at least attempted to make some kind of social statement (Dinner at Eight, My Man Godfrey and even Ninotchka); this film, while entertaining, only comments on the greed and avarice of a particular character.
You will know how it ends before it does.
While certainly not the best of this season's films -- it is not a waste of the price of admission and should be seen for the piece of fluff that it is.
I did enjoy it.