you still owe me for harry potter

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2007)

did anybody else get the notion that Meryl Streep somewhat resembles Glenn Close as Cruella Devil in this movie? I loved it! I expected just another good for a rainy day and TV dinner sort of romcom or girly flick. Well, it is, more of the latter than the former. But it's also a story of exploration and search. Anne Hathaway, besides being an attractive heroine for the role executes her hapless, impulsive, "people-pleaser, 24-7" personality convincingly. I don't even need to mention that I forgot I was watching Meryl Streep in the supposed title role or as the film's 'villainess'.
With some quite moments here and there, and 'aha!' moments experienced by Andrea (Hathaway), and gladly - since this is a movie about exploration and searching for what you really want it is virtually devoid of voice overs that have to bombard you. The scenes just move the story forward, and that's all that counts. Of course the outcome is predictable if you follow stories with this formula, nonetheless I give it a 4/5.
Which reminds me, now I better get a rip off manuscript of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Can you get that for me??