Synopsis: Henry doesn't like long-term relationships. He meets Lucy and falls for her. She has no short-term memory due to a brain lesion.
Appraisal: An interesting premise put to waste. The ending only makes sense if one has forgotten all that has happened previously, which ironically would require the condition of one of the main characters in the movie, only in a severer form. Some of the jokes are funny but most aren't, which isn't even the biggest problem with the film; that would be poor writing and the strategy of aiming low in order to gross high. My idea would be to have Henry at first take advantage of Lucy's condition and date her repeatedly until he was irreversibly in love; this would be a cul-de-sac for him given her condition; he would be forever miserable, which would be a form of poetic justice given his previous behavior. Then again, this approach would be at odds with the aforementioned strategy. After all, it is a date movie: gross jokes for him and sugar-coated romance for her.
Rating: 30
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment