Tonight's Entertainment (Because I Said So)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490084/

I put off watching this for a week because, even though it kept popping up in suggestions, I had mistaken it for this other really crappy movie with either Diane Keaton or Mandy Moore and was all, "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

Oh, how wrong I was.

This movie was great! I know I should be more ashamed by this but I'm not. This movie was legitimately good despite Mandy's mediocre attempts at acting distressed ("Don't TALK to me like that!" One of the more poorly delivered lines of the movie...).

This may have had something to do with the altogether appealing male "lead" (I guess there were two?). He was a musician. Not my type at all. It probably was more to do with the fact that he was ridiculous goodlooking. And really, is there more to life than being ridiculously goodlooking? I think not.

I give this movie 3.5 stars.

The goodness of this movie was NOT consolidated by some somewhat heinous sex scenes between Diane Keaton and the dad from 7th Heaven. However, I endured it for the good parts. It was likely worth it.

It was weird seeing Lauren Graham in something other than Gilmore Girls. She was good but had a small part. She kind of just played a more subdued version of Lorelai Gilmore which I have no beef with but I do wish she could diversify. I've only ever seen her play Lorelai Gilmore (all spazzy, coffee-guzzling 5'8 of it) or a subdued/boring version of her (Because I Said So, Evan Almighty). I wish she would branch out. Maybe not to "Don't TALK to me like that!" territory but just something different. I'd love for her to play a real idiot/ditz. I'm thinking Jenna Malone territory, circa season two 30 Rock. Ya feel?

J