Movie #820 "Enough Said" ---- this film was just okay, and I feel the critics have over-rated this one. I feel that way because of mostly the Julia Louis-Dreyfus character --- to me, she's playing a lot like "old Christine" from her t.v. show, where she does a lot of really stupid things, but we are still expected to like her. In that show, I tended to put up with a lot more stuff from her because it was this outlandish comedy, and I would tell myself that she wasn't actually hurting anyone by her silliness, but this film is a bit different. I don't want to say too much about it, esp. about a big turn of events that happens in the middle, even though it is pretty obvious if you have seen the trailers for the film. Knowing the turn before seeing the film hurt the experience of the film for me, that and not liking a lot of people in it. However, I feel the film has a lot to say on several subjects: one is the relationship of mother to child, when that child has been the only thing in your life for years and she is now going off to college; another is the relationship between ex husbands and wives, and what the ex says about the partner now that he has moved on. And still another topic I found interesting is what happens when you are in a relationship where you start to see the bad habits of the one you have fallen in love with and a friend or relative might point out more faults in this loving partner when you don't see them ---- then all of a sudden, that's all you see --- how do you get past that, or do you? these are all subjects I thought about after seeing the film, and that's good for a film to make you think like that. But it is the only thing I really "liked" about it --- that, and Gandalfino, and knowing that this was his last film made me want to see it . He comes across as a real person here, and he was the best part of the film for me ---------and i have not been a fan of his up until now. Credits say "for Jim" at the end, and it's a nice tribute, and it made the film more likable for me. But it isn't one I would recommend to everyone...........it's a nice adult comedy, though, and very naturally acted. It's just not believable entirely with the Dreyfus character to me.
Enough Said2013PG-13 I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini star in this charming comedy about a divorced woman venturing into a relationship with a sweet man. But things get tricky when she discovers the man she's dating is the hated ex-husband of her new best friend.
- Cast:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson, Tavi Gevinson, Michaela Watkins, Toby Huss, Anjelah Johnson, Amy Landecker
- Genre:
- Indie Comedies, Romantic Comedies, Comedy
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