This
movie is most definitely a case of right actors, wrong movie.
It is a romantic drama in which Madonna gets pregnant by accident
to her gay friend who is played by Rupert Everett. The movie
focuses on their bringing up of the child in a weird sort
fo family relationship, but things then get complicated by
Madonna falling in love for someone else.
Sounds
interesting doesn't it? Well the first segment of the movie
is quite fun with both Madonna and Everett playing well against
each other with just the right amount of silliness and the
proceedings run along at a nice light pace. Everett's strength
as an actor is in his comedy and yes he is to be admired in
the first half of the movie.
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However
at the halfway point the movie decides to change its tone
and become a serious movie. But neither Madonna or Everett
seem very comfortable with this change of tone and appear
ill at ease with this change. Everett especially makes a bit
of a hash of his attempts at anger and it simply jars.
Maybe
if Madonna and Everett were to get together on another movie
with a better script then things would be more entertaining.
What's
worse is that this movie is directed by John Schlesinger ,
of Midnight Cowboy fame.
What
a shame.
Tall
Guy
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