Urban and Surprising

Rating: 9/10 (5 December 2007)

Just watched this movie the other night, having a baby made a serious dent on our movie going schedule, but a Blue Ray rental was almost as good! What a wonderful film! Great screenplay and the acting crew. Two actors who got casted in the most unusual ways are Will Ferrell in a role of protagonist, and Queen Latifah playing in supporting but no less important role of the organizer a.k.a. manager for the Emma Thompson's character. Both delivered surprising level of artistry playing the characters that are very much off their usually comic acting tracks.
Another thing worth mentioning is how wonderfully a site is integrated into the movie. One of the main characters in the film is played by the City of Chicago. Although never mentioned by name, the city is always there, be it in the beautiful architectural detail of the 70's brutish concrete, accidental sky-scraping perspective of a street or in the worming around the intersection trolley.
I strongly recommend this movie to anyone, also, if you watch it on DVD, try peeking into the Extras.