Great Acting, Mess of a film

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2013)

What really made this movie for me was Jennifer Lawrence. She stole every scene that she was in. Whether she's accidentally setting her kitchen on fire, angry dancing to "Live and Let Die" or walking around with a neck brace, she was absolutely hilarious. But she was also very charming and made me feel for her character. I even teared up a bit when she was at the restaurant with Pete and she started crying about how "she doesn't like change". I mean, she was wonderful. I would love to see her win another Oscar. Her accent was pretty spot on too. All of the other actors were pretty good too. Although, I thought Amy Adam's British accent was distracting. I don't know if it was meant to come across that way...but it wasn't good.
I also really loved the costumes. They all looked authentic 70s garb. I actually really dug a lot of Amy's "booby" costumes. The hairstyles were awful....but purposefully awful and they too worked. Even the atmosphere, and the colours they used for the filters had a 70s vibe to it.
However, I thought the rest of the film seemed like a mess. I didn't like how the story played out on screen. And I thought the voice-overs were annoying. Like, they would say stuff like "I thought he was charming". "I met her 2 years ago". And I would sit there like....Who are you addressing this to? The audience? Why is this necessary? It was distracting, annoying and not needed. Im sure you can properly convey this to an audience without actually having to actually say it.