As subtle as a gun

Rating: 5/10 (15 June 2009)

Sandra Bullock said in an interview that she was leaving rom com alone for a while and perhaps it would have been a wise move to have stuck to the intent of that statement. Her performance in this film is one of its biggest flaws. Her delivery is as subtle as a gun, subtle as circus clowns with big shoes and a plank of wood. This was like stage slapstick rather than cinema. Overblown actions and responses, painted in large black and white lines and yet it still managed to seem muddled and unnatural.
There were 2 saving graces.
one was the location. A beautiful Alaskan setting and stunning house.
The second was Ryan Reynolds who even in a derivative uninspiring flat piece of movie making like this can still manage to put in a great performance. Granted it's a performance he's put into many of his roles before, but he's imminently likable and watchable. He doesn't put in obvious primary colours to his work and for that he is always the one to watch. I doubt the director guided him to this judging by the 2 dimensional rest of the movie.
Most of the good gags were in the trailer. I'm so pleased we got free passes to a preview, I just wish they'd been to another movie, like a half decent one.
Please stop making these kind of movies Sandra. You're not without talent but you've got to start figuring out what that talent is, and it's not lame over acted rom com.