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Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good, I liked the acting, they all seem very natural with one exception, Ed Burns. I've seem him in "Sidewalks of New York" as well, and I can say the guy is the same in both movies (slightly better in this one though), the same bored expression ("I am the director, so what the heck, I can put this face all the time"), the same monotone voice (as if he's speaking all the time into a tape recorder), not a bit of "joie de vivre", very little or no passion, primitive development of emotions (his character's main problem was he couldn't get over seeing the hairy ass of his fiancee's lover, and from here all the afferent pain). I've always asked myself what would have happened if he dropped the TV he was carrying, or, if a brick hit him in the head. I am glad he didn't get sick though. Other than the fact that he's the director, I didn't see any reasons why, in both movies, the female characters fell for his character. He seemed to be good only at one thing... There is one scene when Cameron's characters says: "You're are the only English-speaking white guy driving a cab in New York". She's got a point here.
I liked Maxine's character. She seemed to be more real than the Ed's emotionally log like character. I liked when she says: "I would rather live in the back of this cab than let something like rent get in the way of our romance".
Also Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz were great. So were the other actors.
One thing that seemed to me (very) implausible was Fran's condition. His abstinence towards his wife (Jennifer Aniston!!), plus the lame excuse served every night for months didn't convince me much. If the characters were normal the whole thing should have exploded after one week...
6/10
Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good, I liked the acting, they all seem very natural with one exception, Ed Burns. I've seem him in "Sidewalks of New York" as well, and I can say the guy is the same in both movies (slightly better in this one though), the same bored expression ("I am the director, so what the heck, I can put this face all the time"), the same monotone voice (as if he's speaking all the time into a tape recorder), not a bit of "joie de vivre", very little or no passion, primitive development of emotions (his character's main problem was he couldn't get over seeing the hairy ass of his fiancee's lover, and from here all the afferent pain). I've always asked myself what would have happened if he dropped the TV he was carrying, or, if a brick hit him in the head. I am glad he didn't get sick though. Other than the fact that he's the director, I didn't see any reasons why, in both movies, the female characters fell for his character. He seemed to be good only at one thing... There is one scene when Cameron's characters says: "You're are the only English-speaking white guy driving a cab in New York". She's got a point here.
I liked Maxine's character. She seemed to be more real than the Ed's emotionally log like character. I liked when she says: "I would rather live in the back of this cab than let something like rent get in the way of our romance".
Also Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz were great. So were the other actors.
One thing that seemed to me (very) implausible was Fran's condition. His abstinence towards his wife (Jennifer Aniston!!), plus the lame excuse served every night for months didn't convince me much. If the characters were normal the whole thing should have exploded after one week...
6/10