Unreal Dialogue and Boring Story...

Rating: 1/10 (4 September 2010)

I had heard so much hype about this movie and the leading character's performance. When I saw it I wondered what all the fuss was about. The dialogue was unrealistic, as young people in small rural towns do Not talk like that and the 'quirky' characters were boringly pretentious, rather than endearing. The sarcasm was Not clever or funny and the characters were strictly two dimensional. Ms. Page is very cute and spunky, so that must be why her less than stellar performance was lauded. Too bad the controversial out-take, with the neighbor, whose furniture was moved to Bleeker's lawn didn't make it into the film. It would have woken a few people up, but I guess most film makers take the safe route rather than boldly put themselves out on a limb. Refraining from rocking the boat seems to be the latest trend in churning out family fare, nowadays... Ugh!