Feel Good Inc.

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2007)

I rate it as one of my all-time favourite romantic comedic movies. Hugh Grant & Julia Roberts are absolutely fantastic in their performances. Grant pulls off his character with just the right dash of conservatism, hopefulness, warmth and yes, even practicality, making his character very relatable and not at all unrealistic. Even though a female, throughout the film I kept putting myself in his shoes and imagining what it must be like to be him in those awkward situations.
However at the same time, I kept putting myself in Roberts' character Anna and each time she laughed I laughed and each time she cried and felt hurt and lonely I felt hurt and lonely...
At Honey's b'day dinner party, Scott has a go at winning the last brownie and surprisingly - I think even for her - she sees into the very deepest recesses of her own mind and sees what is most sorry about her life. She highlights the downside of being a famous actress who is at the peak of her career. Even the ugly head of eating disorders is lightly touched on when she innocently comments how she has been on a diet for the past decade.
They each one defeats their personal obstacles they have themselves created about going ahead with a relationship with the other essentially "live happily ever after"...
ClichÃ©, but we all need to have movies like these that are essentially Feel Good Inc., which give all of us simpletons a faint hope about our own lives....