Thursday, February 21, 2008

P.S. I Hate You





Supposed Premise: Man dies, leaving wife letters to help her "get over him." Really, he's simply preventing her from moving on. But, P.S. HE LOVES HER! (See right: He's not really there! She is imagining he's there reading the letter out loud to her. Creepy.)







Terrible Miscasting: What could be a endearing role if played by Maggie Gyllenhaal or someone equally cute and quirky becomes a disturbingly angry character played by man-woman Hilary Swank. Moments when we should have been falling in love with her we instead shouted at the screen: "Run away Gerard Butler! Save yourself!" Also, she's clearly lying about her age since she is a 34-year-old playing the age range of 19 - 29.



Harry Connick Jr. as a Skeezeball: Instead of a lovable character who says inappropriate things, he mainly just said awkward and borderline rude things. Including that he buried his cat in his stereobox. Aren't you half in love already?


"Mentally-challenged" Sister: Either the actress got her acting chops on Barney or the character really was supposed to scream her lines and look crazy and confused. "I'm at a funeral?" Either way, she did not add to anything. At all.


Hair watch: Hilary Swank should not wear headbands. This does not convince us she is a woman.













Wardrobe: You do not look more 19 just because you are wearing every color of the rainbow. It also doesn't help that you have a cowboy scene painted on your skirt. (See left. Despite the fact the picture is not full length, you can observe the stupid purple hat a la Crying Ricky from Project Runway) Also, she takes off her clothes way too much for a movie where she is mourning her dead husband. Seeing your anorexic body also does not prove to us you're a woman.





Conclusion: We would not pay fifty cents again to see this movie.

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