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...my all time favorite films The Matchmaker, now some people may have seen this some not but I would rate it as a stay at home curl up on the couch funny film. Not just for us girlies but my hubby finds this one funny too.
~~Briefly about the film~~
Janeane Garfalo (of The Truth about cats and dogs and Mystery Men) plays Marcy Tizard in this film she is helping an American Senator John McGlory (Played by Jay O Sanders) To trace his Irish ancestors, ... ...the middle of a matchmaking festival. Constantly under pressure from Denis Leary who plays the senators right hand man to provide proof of the senators ancestors.
She meets Dermot O'Brien played by (Milo O'Shea) the local matchmaker who decides he is going to try and help her find her true love. He does not let her know this but pretends to be helping her find the senators ancestors.
But his rival matchmaker Millie O'Dowd played by (Rosaleen Linehan) ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Wonderful acting, great script, nicely paced Disadvantages: none to speak of
One of Neil Simon's more accessible & enjoyable screen adaptions. Two old style vaudeville stars agree to reform for a TV special, even though off-screen they hate each other's guts. And it's up to Richard Benjamin, (Walter Matthau's nephew & hard working TV agent), to somehow get them to bury their differences just for this one shot.
A lovely story made perfect for both Matthau & George Burns. To my shame I haven't seen many of Burns' old movies ... ...feel I've missed out on a wonderfully talented gentleman.
Matthau is always in top form in these kind of Simon comedies: notably Plaza Suite & The Odd Couple. Matthau works best with Jack Lemmon but the exception is made big style in this movie with Burns sweeping the floor (and the honours) with all before him.
The comedy is gentle rather than slapstick or too kinetic, which really matches the acting qualities of the two ageing stars. The script ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Hugh Grant is nice to look at Disadvantages: Everything else
American Dreamz is the sort of movie that could potentially be very funny. Note that word potentially. Directed by Paul Weitz who also directed About a Boy and American Pie, this movie is set around a popular American reality TV show. I saw the trailers for this and thought it looked good, but I never seem to get round to seeing things at the cinema and ended up getting this on DVD instead.
~The Plot~
The story revolves around the biggest TV show ... ...is overheard singing by the American Dreamz crew. The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) is due to be a judge on the final night of the show, and Omer's leaders have sinister plans for him. What will happen to the president? And who will win American Dreamz?
~What I thought~
Well, like many films, disappointingly, the trailer shows all the best bits and the rest of the film is rubbish! The plot, as I'm sure you can tell from
