Posts Tagged ‘Jennifer Garner’

Short Take: Thorough in its approach, which is regurgitation

Director: Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries)

Screenwriters: Katherine Fugate (The Prince and Me, Carolina)

Cast: Ashton Kutcher (What Happens in Vegas, The Guardian), Jennifer Garner (The Invention of Lying, Juno), Anne Hathaway (Bride Wars, Rachel Getting Married), Jamie Foxx (The Kingdom, Dreamgirls), Jessica Biel (Easy Virtue, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes, The Apartment), Hector Elizondo (The Princess Diaries, American Gigolo)

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Synopsis: During Valentine’s Day in Los Angeles, a number of related characters celebrate love in all its forms.  The film mostly centers on lovesick florist Reed (Kutcher), who proposes to his girlfriend, and his interactions with the other characters throughout the day.  Reed’s best friend, Julia (Garner), decides to surprise her mysterious boyfriend.  Liz (Hathaway) is a secretary who moonlights as a phone sex operator and tries to keep it secret from her new boyfriend.  Valentine’s-hating sports agent Kara (Biel) throws a party lamenting the holiday and shares her hatred with Kelvin (Foxx), a sports newscaster forced to report on the holiday. Kate (Roberts), a soldier on leave, gets to know a handsome and friendly business man (Cooper) as she flies home to see her valentine. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Starts off with a bang, then loses aim

Directors: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson

Screenwriters: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson

Cast: Ricky Gervais (Ghost Town), Jennifer Garner (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The Kingdom), Louis C. K., Rob Lowe (Thank You for Smoking)

Length: 1h 40m

Synopsis: Mark Bellison (Gervais) lives in a world exactly like our own but with one exception – not a single person throughout human history has ever told a lie in any capacity whatsoever. Everyone always tells the truth no matter how much it might sting, or if it might make a conversation awkward. Mark’s boss has been telling him that he’ll probably be fired soon, and when it happens he’ll have to begin taking desperate measures to keep his life afloat. This is when he has his epiphany. He begins saying “what isn’t” to people in order to take advantage of them for his benefit. Things start off small and largely inconsequential (inventing tall tales, lying about account balances, etc.), but quickly get out of control. Read the rest of this entry »