Welcome to eye candy chick flick heaven. 

So the plot: guy doesn’t want to leave home (he’s 30 something). Parents hire a ‘motivator’ to get him to realise moving out is a great idea. Cue Mss Sarah Jessica Parker as the bait to lure him away from home. Complications ensue. You know how this is going to end… 

So on to the eye candy. It’s like the producers sat down and said… Right I want to appeal to the same audience as Sex in the City; so for women & gay men we have: Matthew McConaughey (Tripp) with the Bradley Cooper (Kit) and Justin Bartha (Ace). I know many people will just watch this film for Matthew McC, so the others are for some going to probably be like discovering that Kit Kat that has all its bars made of solid chocolate, no wafer in sight. Yum! Yes, even as a straight guy I can appreciate the looks of these three. So for the guys, don’t despair. There is eye candy for us too: Ms SJP of course, playing Paula the ‘motivator’. However if she’s not your bag, and to be frank she isn’t mine, you might just be enchanted, and somewhat smitten with and by Zooey Deschanel, the suitably named (taking into my last ramble on chocolate bars), Kit. She plays Paula’s rather loopy yet well meaning flatmate. 

I could write a whole review just about Mss Deschanel. She is one of those people who genuinely you can say the camera just loves. Not only does she have that simple beauty of someone like Katharine Hepburn, she can act and has that gift of making it look easy. She will go a long way. If you look at the films she is in, on imdb, which are confirmed, in post production, or announced, you know someone has spotted her.  She is a joy. Right that’s enough of my gushing. 

The story line I described earlier really doesn’t need much expanding. Comedy, pain (emotional and physical) betrayal and love, of course, all take centre stage at times. Look out for the vegetarian lizard that decides just for today its going to be a man eater… or the dolphin that clearly is sick and tired of being typecast as a ‘nice human friendly’ mammal, or where Kit has an interesting, if a little misunderstood conversation, with a man selling guns in a shop. All good solid bits of comedy. 

While it will never win any Oscars, it’s a fun way to spend an hour and a half and should be enjoyed by one and all.

Andy
a.bruce-lockhart@partyinkingston.com