Showing posts with label Just Go With It. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just Go With It. Show all posts
Just From Theaters
Another Year– Rated PG-13 (Jim Broadbant, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton)
An amazing performance from Lesley Manville leads a solid Mike Leigh film. One of 2010’s better films.
The Company Men – Rated R (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner)
Life in corporate America has seldom been as cutthroat as in today’s world. This is one of the underappreciated releases of late 2010. I really like this one. Not a happy film, but really well done.
Just Go With It – Rated PG-13 (Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston)
Sandler has always had no problem with the ladies, especially with his story of being married. But now, he wants to get serious and his receptionist is his cover story. Funny, but not for everyone.
Santcum – Rated R (Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd)
Cave exploring and more – this will take you to beautiful places.
True Grit – Rated PG-13 (Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld)
Sure you may have seen the John Wayne version. But the Coen Brothers take on this classic film is worth every second of your time. Hailee Steinfeld is amazing and it was deserving of every award nomination it received.
Also new this week…
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock – Rated PG – More AC/DC…YES!!!
Blue Crush 2 – Rated PG-13 (Sharni Vinson, Elizabeth Mathis) Did you know there was a sequel. This time the surfer heads to South Africa. Can you blame me for throwing this trailer up?
Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season
Burn Notice: Season Four
Leverage: The 3rd Season
Love’s Kitchen – Rated PG-13 (Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott, Gordon Ramsey)
I totally dig Gordon Ramsey -- and Claire Forlani...and still can't get over it...Gordon Ramsey in a movie!
Pros & Ex-Cons – Rated R (Sam Worthington)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume 6
Shadows and Lies – Rated R (James Franco, Josh Lucas)
UFC 128
White Collar: The Complete Second Season
WWE: The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro – wow..this disc could be long overdue…but it still sounds cool.
And Finally
Rubber – Rated R (Stephen Spinella)
A tire comes to life to wreak havoc. No I’m not kidding…a TIRE! Just check out the trailer…
Pick of the Week
For laughs, Just Go With It…I’m a sucker for Sandler, and I won’t apologize for that…plus Brooklyn Decker’s premiere is nice. I really like The Company Men, and you should check it out. But there is unquestionable one film you NEED to add to your library this week, True Grit!
Thanks!
Pop Popcorn, Do the Dew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!
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Another Year– Rated PG-13 (Jim Broadbant, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton)
An amazing performance from Lesley Manville leads a solid Mike Leigh film. One of 2010’s better films.
The Company Men – Rated R (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner)
Life in corporate America has seldom been as cutthroat as in today’s world. This is one of the underappreciated releases of late 2010. I really like this one. Not a happy film, but really well done.
Just Go With It – Rated PG-13 (Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston)
Sandler has always had no problem with the ladies, especially with his story of being married. But now, he wants to get serious and his receptionist is his cover story. Funny, but not for everyone.
Santcum – Rated R (Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd)
Cave exploring and more – this will take you to beautiful places.
True Grit – Rated PG-13 (Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld)
Sure you may have seen the John Wayne version. But the Coen Brothers take on this classic film is worth every second of your time. Hailee Steinfeld is amazing and it was deserving of every award nomination it received.
Also new this week…
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock – Rated PG – More AC/DC…YES!!!
Blue Crush 2 – Rated PG-13 (Sharni Vinson, Elizabeth Mathis) Did you know there was a sequel. This time the surfer heads to South Africa. Can you blame me for throwing this trailer up?
Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season
Burn Notice: Season Four
Leverage: The 3rd Season
Love’s Kitchen – Rated PG-13 (Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott, Gordon Ramsey)
I totally dig Gordon Ramsey -- and Claire Forlani...and still can't get over it...Gordon Ramsey in a movie!
Pros & Ex-Cons – Rated R (Sam Worthington)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume 6
Shadows and Lies – Rated R (James Franco, Josh Lucas)
UFC 128
White Collar: The Complete Second Season
WWE: The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro – wow..this disc could be long overdue…but it still sounds cool.
And Finally
Rubber – Rated R (Stephen Spinella)
A tire comes to life to wreak havoc. No I’m not kidding…a TIRE! Just check out the trailer…
Pick of the Week
For laughs, Just Go With It…I’m a sucker for Sandler, and I won’t apologize for that…plus Brooklyn Decker’s premiere is nice. I really like The Company Men, and you should check it out. But there is unquestionable one film you NEED to add to your library this week, True Grit!
Thanks!
Pop Popcorn, Do the Dew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!
Don’t Think About It
Danny (Adam Sandler) has had his heart broken. He was ready to be married but the woman he was about to tie the knot with, loved everyone else. So with his heart broken he sets off to the rest of his life to make sure that doesn’t happen again. A wedding ring and the story of his nonexistent wife have proven to get him all the women he can handle and with no commitment.
When he meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), a girl he does care about the lies flow faster than the women into his plastic surgery office. There his receptionist Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) becomes part of the story as he needs to keep the lie going to salvage the relationship he wants to have. Now Katherine will play his soon to be ex-wife, her children will play his children, and her rivalries will become his. The question remains, will he get the girl? Or maybe it should be, what girl will he get?
On a family Hawaiian vacation, will Danny keep his story straight? Will his faux kids? Will his fake wife? Or will everything crash down like a house of cards. It’s up to everyone to Just Go With It.
Now, when I say everyone, I mean everyone. As audience members we are often asked to suspend belief in a number of movies, and this is no exception. The beginning of this film borders on laughable. The setup didn’t need to be here in its cartoonish state. Instead I would have felt much better without it. But as the film progresses, you see that it is one of those films you need to just “go with”.
The relationships are a bit weird, all of them. Brooklyn Decker’s Palmer you could see falling for Sandler’s doctor if there was a different basis, but not the way this one goes down. Nick Swardson’s over the top boyfriend character is ridiculous, to the point that you expect anyone to call him on it, but they don’t and still you just “go with it”.
Throughout the film, it’s important to just go with things. And the bottom line is, if you go with it, this can be a moderately fun film. Is it up to par with Sandler’s best, absolutely not! But is it what you’ve come to expect, yes!
After a dreadful start, Sandler is funny, Decker is beautiful and Anniston is back. Those performances coupled with the wonderful Nicole Kidman and a strange Dave Matthews performance make for an acceptable comedic film.
I would have liked more from the talent involved, but this is a film that is beautiful to look at and will make you laugh. Just one piece of advice, don’t think too much about the whys and wherefores in the movie; just go with it.
C+
Just Go With It
Sony Pictures
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Brooklyn Decker, Dave Matthews
Rating: PG-13 for frequent crude and sexual content, partial nudity, brief drug references and language.
Runtime: 116 minutes.
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Danny (Adam Sandler) has had his heart broken. He was ready to be married but the woman he was about to tie the knot with, loved everyone else. So with his heart broken he sets off to the rest of his life to make sure that doesn’t happen again. A wedding ring and the story of his nonexistent wife have proven to get him all the women he can handle and with no commitment.
When he meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), a girl he does care about the lies flow faster than the women into his plastic surgery office. There his receptionist Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) becomes part of the story as he needs to keep the lie going to salvage the relationship he wants to have. Now Katherine will play his soon to be ex-wife, her children will play his children, and her rivalries will become his. The question remains, will he get the girl? Or maybe it should be, what girl will he get?
On a family Hawaiian vacation, will Danny keep his story straight? Will his faux kids? Will his fake wife? Or will everything crash down like a house of cards. It’s up to everyone to Just Go With It.
Now, when I say everyone, I mean everyone. As audience members we are often asked to suspend belief in a number of movies, and this is no exception. The beginning of this film borders on laughable. The setup didn’t need to be here in its cartoonish state. Instead I would have felt much better without it. But as the film progresses, you see that it is one of those films you need to just “go with”.
The relationships are a bit weird, all of them. Brooklyn Decker’s Palmer you could see falling for Sandler’s doctor if there was a different basis, but not the way this one goes down. Nick Swardson’s over the top boyfriend character is ridiculous, to the point that you expect anyone to call him on it, but they don’t and still you just “go with it”.
Throughout the film, it’s important to just go with things. And the bottom line is, if you go with it, this can be a moderately fun film. Is it up to par with Sandler’s best, absolutely not! But is it what you’ve come to expect, yes!
After a dreadful start, Sandler is funny, Decker is beautiful and Anniston is back. Those performances coupled with the wonderful Nicole Kidman and a strange Dave Matthews performance make for an acceptable comedic film.
I would have liked more from the talent involved, but this is a film that is beautiful to look at and will make you laugh. Just one piece of advice, don’t think too much about the whys and wherefores in the movie; just go with it.
C+
Just Go With It
Sony Pictures
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Brooklyn Decker, Dave Matthews
Rating: PG-13 for frequent crude and sexual content, partial nudity, brief drug references and language.
Runtime: 116 minutes.