Brittany-Murphy Movie Reviews

Drew Barrymore is Bev, a precocious young woman from a conservative working-class family in Connecticut. Bev is sassy but also has her sights set on escaping her sleepy Connecticut home and pursuing college and a career as a writer. That is until her unplanned pregnancy at 16. Forced to marry her baby's father, a jolly, if barely employed loser named Ray Hasek (Steve Zahn), it becomes clear that Bev's future is effectively squelched. The story is told in flashback by Bev's now grown son (who is visibly not much younger than his mother) during a car trip back to CT. (In our present, Bev has just completed her memoirs. But can't publish them until Ray agrees not to sue the publisher for the undoubtedly negative things the book will tell of him.). Though her friend Fay (wonderful though underused Brittany Murphy) becomes a teenage mother as well, the story glances over all but Bev's travails. Although the screenplay makes sure we're aware of the passage of time - the music, hairstyles and cars change, and Bev becomes a sulky frump - Bev's life remains painfully stuck in time as the world passes her by. (She's too pregnant to got to the prom; friends she discarded in high school are either on their way to college or have already graduated).

"Riding" is meant to be bittersweet, sort of like "A League of Their Own", but it's uneven. At moments the ordeal of single motherhood is sad, scary and funny at the same time, but the plot never works up to anything. No matter how much better Bev's life could get, nothing will give her (or her son) back years enslaved to an unwanted motherhood. Bev is meant to be intelligent, but she's too clueless about how to endure motherhood to become a mother. Her son bears a fair amount of resentment, having replaced Ray as the source of Bev's misery. Like Bev, the story uses and discards characters who don't serve its immediate needs. The flick wastes some interesting potential of having James Wood play Bev's conservative minded but loving father, the local police chief. At times he is both the greatest source and recipient of Bev's pain, but he disappears as a pivotal character soon after Bev's miserable wedding, only to make a last ditch appearance in the final few frames. Lorraine Bracco is similarly underused as Bev's mother. There are many funny bits, but on second thought, some seem a bit misplaced - like pregnant Bev trying to get herself to fall down the steps in order to induce an abortion. The movie also lacks an effective conclusion - the flashback concludes when Bev's son is about 8. At that point, Bev makes a desperate move to escape her dreary fate. With Ray gone, the boy turns on his mother and not only ruins her plans but drives away Bev's best friend. The end of the flashback occurs in the deep heart of a CT winter, yet nothing explains how these characters managed to pull their hearts and minds out of that bleak winter. Ironically, though Ray is useless as a person, his character is the only one to offer insight - near the film's end, and when he's been reduced to withered shell of his former self. If you're Drew Barrymore fan, you may want to go just to see your star done up as a prematurely middle-aged frump. Otherwise, you'll find the 2 hours dispiriting.

This is NOT a great movie. Nope. Not even close.

If it were a great movie, it'd be "Terms of Endearment." But it's not. The framing device is lame, the guy who plays the grown-up son needs to go back to acting school immediately, the story is overly condensed in parts so that it doesn't actually make any sense in terms of a narrative... it's just not a very good movie.

But...

Steve Zahn is outstanding as Drew Barrymore's loser boyfriend/husband. In the scenes where they're supposed to be teenagers, Drew Barrymore looks like Drew Barrymore pretending to be a teenager, but Steve Zahn IS that character. Totally authentic. And as the years pass, and when we finally see him in his late 50's or so, he is STILL totally authentic. The man is a damn good actor.

I can't really recommend this movie because there's too much about it that is sub-par, but it's not a complete waste of time. Drew Barrymore has some good scenes (when she's not pretending to be a teenager) and Steve Zahn is superb... it's too bad the rest of the movie wasn't a bit better.

This wonderful movie by Director Penny Marshall asks the question: Are parents to blame for the wrong choices of their children?

"Riding in Cars with Boys" involves wrong and right choices. Because the class "Mr. Popular" insults the class "live wire" consolation is given by the class "drop-out" and the "live-wire", aptly played by Drew Barrymore is "knocked up." What do you do about that in the late 1960's. You marry the class "drop out" and deal with the results usually unhappily.

The results entail about 20 years of troubles, joys, disappointments, triumphs, and growing up experiences. This true story does not fail to satisfy. Barrymore is good, but so is James Woods as her caring but sometimes insensitive father( who may have saved himself a pile of troubles if he had just bought that bra she wanted for Christmas when she was 13.)

What we have here is a comedy-drama about relationships between parents and child and parent as child and child and best friends too. Touching and tender the movie is just right to bring back hilarious and not so funny memories of what it is like to and what happens to girls who go around, "Riding in Cars with Boys." and, too, what it is like and what happens to boys who go aound "Riding in Cars with... (you get the picture).

Drew Barrymore is Bev, a precocious young woman from a conservative working-class family in Connecticut. Bev is sassy but also has her sights set on escaping her sleepy Connecticut home and pursuing college and a career as a writer. That is until her unplanned pregnancy at 16. Forced to marry her baby's father, a jolly, if barely employed loser named Ray Hasek (Steve Zahn), it becomes clear that Bev's future is effectively squelched. The story is told in flashback by Bev's now grown son (who is visibly not much younger than his mother) during a car trip back to CT. (In our present, Bev has just completed her memoirs. But can't publish them until Ray agrees not to sue the publisher for the undoubtedly negative things the book will tell of him.). Though her friend Fay (wonderful though underused Brittany Murphy) becomes a teenage mother as well, the story glances over all but Bev's travails. Although the screenplay makes sure we're aware of the passage of time - the music, hairstyles and cars change, and Bev becomes a sulky frump - Bev's life remains painfully stuck in time as the world passes her by. (She's too pregnant to got to the prom; friends she discarded in high school are either on their way to college or have already graduated).

"Riding" is meant to be bittersweet, sort of like "A League of Their Own", but it's uneven. At moments the ordeal of single motherhood is sad, scary and funny at the same time, but the plot never works up to anything. No matter how much better Bev's life could get, nothing will give her (or her son) back years enslaved to an unwanted motherhood. Bev is meant to be intelligent, but she's too clueless about how to endure motherhood to become a mother. Her son bears a fair amount of resentment, having replaced Ray as the source of Bev's misery. Like Bev, the story uses and discards characters who don't serve its immediate needs. The flick wastes some interesting potential of having James Wood play Bev's conservative minded but loving father, the local police chief. At times he is both the greatest source and recipient of Bev's pain, but he disappears as a pivotal character soon after Bev's miserable wedding, only to make a last ditch appearance in the final few frames. Lorraine Bracco is similarly underused as Bev's mother. There are many funny bits, but on second thought, some seem a bit misplaced - like pregnant Bev trying to get herself to fall down the steps in order to induce an abortion. The movie also lacks an effective conclusion - the flashback concludes when Bev's son is about 8. At that point, Bev makes a desperate move to escape her dreary fate. With Ray gone, the boy turns on his mother and not only ruins her plans but drives away Bev's best friend. The end of the flashback occurs in the deep heart of a CT winter, yet nothing explains how these characters managed to pull their hearts and minds out of that bleak winter. Ironically, though Ray is useless as a person, his character is the only one to offer insight - near the film's end, and when he's been reduced to withered shell of his former self. If you're Drew Barrymore fan, you may want to go just to see your star done up as a prematurely middle-aged frump. Otherwise, you'll find the 2 hours dispiriting.

This is NOT a great movie. Nope. Not even close.

If it were a great movie, it'd be "Terms of Endearment." But it's not. The framing device is lame, the guy who plays the grown-up son needs to go back to acting school immediately, the story is overly condensed in parts so that it doesn't actually make any sense in terms of a narrative... it's just not a very good movie.

But...

Steve Zahn is outstanding as Drew Barrymore's loser boyfriend/husband. In the scenes where they're supposed to be teenagers, Drew Barrymore looks like Drew Barrymore pretending to be a teenager, but Steve Zahn IS that character. Totally authentic. And as the years pass, and when we finally see him in his late 50's or so, he is STILL totally authentic. The man is a damn good actor.

I can't really recommend this movie because there's too much about it that is sub-par, but it's not a complete waste of time. Drew Barrymore has some good scenes (when she's not pretending to be a teenager) and Steve Zahn is superb... it's too bad the rest of the movie wasn't a bit better.

This wonderful movie by Director Penny Marshall asks the question: Are parents to blame for the wrong choices of their children?

"Riding in Cars with Boys" involves wrong and right choices. Because the class "Mr. Popular" insults the class "live wire" consolation is given by the class "drop-out" and the "live-wire", aptly played by Drew Barrymore is "knocked up." What do you do about that in the late 1960's. You marry the class "drop out" and deal with the results usually unhappily.

The results entail about 20 years of troubles, joys, disappointments, triumphs, and growing up experiences. This true story does not fail to satisfy. Barrymore is good, but so is James Woods as her caring but sometimes insensitive father( who may have saved himself a pile of troubles if he had just bought that bra she wanted for Christmas when she was 13.)

What we have here is a comedy-drama about relationships between parents and child and parent as child and child and best friends too. Touching and tender the movie is just right to bring back hilarious and not so funny memories of what it is like to and what happens to girls who go around, "Riding in Cars with Boys." and, too, what it is like and what happens to boys who go aound "Riding in Cars with... (you get the picture).

This film was laughable. The script would have been better used as toilet paper. When i sat down to watch this for a second time, things just jumped out at me. For instance:

1. Jody (Brittany Murphy) walks to school and doesn't notice anyone around her talking about the double murder the night before.

2. If no. 1 could be forgiven this point cannot. Imagine yourself in her position, her best friend comes up to her and tells her about the previous nights murders. If someone told you that two of your classmates where dead, what would you do? Jody justs stands there and says nothing through the whole conversation, yet you'd think anybody normal would ask how and what happened, but no, she lets him walk off without mentioning it.

3. So, we go to the classroom, and the students are being counselled, then jodys dad (the sherrif) walks in. At this point jody cries in amazement 'dad!', as if she has no idea why her dad, the sheriff, would be at her school bearing in mind that 2 of her classmates were killed the night before.

At this early point in the film i stopped the video, promptly rewound the tape, and taped something else over it.

25 years ago a horrible crime was comitted in the town of Cherry Falls, because of what happened in the past, a serial killer has targeted teenage virgins. While the sherif and the FBI plan to catch the killer, the kids have a plan of their own. After Jody is attacked by the killer word soon goes around that the killer is after virgins. Jody seems to be the main target and her father, the sheriff, seems to know more then he is telling. WOW, these new slasher movies seem to be getting better and better, god bless Scream. First of I'll I'm glad I got to see this on the big screen although it was highly cut (and shows). There are so many good things about this movie, the main thing would be the plot, how cool, a killer targeting Virgins and actully has a damn decent reason for killing as well. The killer also looked really cool when in costume, well it wasn't really a costume but he/she looked really cool. The acting in this movie is very good Brittany Murphy is the standout one great screamer then there is Michael Biehn who was the good guy from The Terminator, he's also very good and there is one of my fave actors Jay Mohr, heck the whole cast is brilliant. Cherry Falls is filled with alot of suspence and the killings are rather violent, I can't wait for the uncut DVD to appear. Cherry Falls is brill see it NOW.

I really,really liked this movie,as it was a little differen't to your usual "slasher flick" Brittany Murphy,I thought was excellent,playing the innocent girl,who always escapes the murderer.Her character was really cool I thought.The killer for once doesn't walk slowly after his victims (Michael Myers eat-ya-heart-out) but instead chases the target,wearing the most rediculous costume.There is a real twist in the movie,and you'll have to watch the movie to find that out.Also its not just full-on killing,like Scream ect...(killing off people at random) the killer actually has a motive,which is hunting down virgins.So this movie,which never made it onto the big screen is definetly one to watch!!!

"or to put it in terms you might understand,
'The sword of damocles is hanging over pandora's box'..."

This film is more proof that Wisdom and Intelligence are not the same thing. Trixie isn't very bright or well educated, but what she lacks in book-learning she makes up for in street smarts and good morals. She's not unnattractive, just rather plain.
Cute, but not beautiful. Chews gum alot.
Sort of a female "Columbo" but even dimmer.
Just judging from her looks on the box cover
of the VHS cassette, I don't know why, but I just assumed
she was British. She looks stereotypically British,
and I was surprised to hear a sassy Chicago accent come
from those lips and not some kind of Cockney or other London accent...then again, the last feature film I watched was
THE LIMEY, so maybe that's still in my head subconsciously.

You have to get used to the title character's dialogue...I found it rather painful on my ears...and you will start talking like Trixie if you're not careful, with all the mangled metaphors!...I'm not sure it's really believable someone could talk that way so consistently, regardless of educational background...I'm sure the actress had to spend a lot of time working on her lines to get them so perfectly screwed up...sounds more like a foreigner whose first language is not English speaking that would be more believeable.
Some of it is mildly amusing, I'm sure some people howl with laughter the whole way through...but I didn't. I think Trixie would have been/could have been just as good a movie without the speech impediment...a "female Columbo" is not a bad idea for a movie, but they could have done it more effectively by studying Peter Falk's methods. Or if they insisted on the language schtick...I still say what dissapointed me most is that Trixie just looks so BRITISH. If Zellweger can pull of a Brit accent and Aussies can pull of US accents, this film would have worked nicely in London..."Trixie" could have taken lessons from Brad Pitt's Irish gypsy character in SNATCH, for instance.

Nick Nolte does a good job playing a bad guy. The female actress in the supporting role, the 16 yr old vixen, was
a positively disturbing character.

still, this was worth the cost of the rental.

Trixie is a uneducated and seemingly naîve, but surprisingly effective cop, who basically speaks in mangled metaphors and expressions.

"I believe in taking the bull by the tail and staring him right in the eye."

"No, you can't have a drink, you are not drinking yourself into Bolivia."

Like all of Rudolph's films, this was overlooked and poorly released. That makes perfect sense, as most critics have a hard time with movies that are hard to define/summarize and audiences want a lot of big dramatic moments, even if they exist in the absence of true, human moments. Rudolph is one of the best movie writers out there and if we could only get the serious literary crowd to see his movies, he might get the recognition he deserves. Anyway, if you're a fan of Rudolph or the actors, they're all at their best here (great comic performance by Watson, can't wait to see what she does in the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie). PS The world would be a better place if all of Rudolph's films were released on DVD (with a commentary). Somebody, anybody, take action, please.

I loved the first film in the series. I did not care for this film. It didn't have enough fresh ideas, and some of the new ideas were just stupid. The main problem was with the cast's talent, or lack thereof. The first one in the series had a great cast all-around. But, in most returning roles, new faces replaced the original actors. I guess the originals from the first film weren't interested in being in a strait-to-video release.
The Prophecy 2 has one big thing going for it, and that is the scenes between Christopher Walken and Brittany Murphy. Walken is his naturally creepy self in these scenes. Brittany Murphy, as the Goth Girl "Izzie", shows that she can hold her own in scenes with big-time actors (as she did three years later in "Don't Say a Word").
I think the film is well-worth viewing just to see those two opposite each other. But still, only for fans of the first film, or if you're a Christopher Walken or Brittany Murphy fan.

Previous reviews have already mentioned the great casting of Christopher Walken. His attempts to function in an unfamiliar human world provide moments of humor in the film.

Contrary to the previous reviewer's opinion, this film has a more coherent plot than the first and third installments of the Prophecy series, and contains some truly artistic and memorable scenes, particularly the conclusion of Jennifer Beal's confrontation with Walken, and Russell Wong revealing the full glory of his angelic nature to Beals. Much of what makes these scenes and others like them work is the high calibre acting. It is surprising that this film went straight to video considering its quality. It is certainly better than the first.

Think you would want to actually meet an angel? As this film points out, angels always had one wing dipped in blood. For whenever God needed a people, a city, a nation to be chastised- he sent angels to do the killing. The angels in this film, both in terms of quality of acting and special effects are very, very believable.

Another thing that sets this film apart is it's theological and metaphysical sophistication. A very good case is made for a second war in heaven. This is because when God bestowed his Grace, his holy spark, unto humans, he raised them up above the angels. Some angels, like Gabriel, just couldn't stand being made second to "a bunch of talking monkeys."

In this sequel, Gabriel returns to earth. This is due to the fact, as Lucifer states early in the film, Hell isn't big enough for both of them. However, this time instead of searching for the one perfect Dark Soul to turn the tide of the heavenly war, he is searching for the new Nephilim, a child of the union of angel and mortal, heaven and earth. Such a being would have the power of an angel combined with the free will and divine spark of a human.

Oh yes, you also get more of the humerous" scenes of Gabriel intercepting the souls of suicides to serve as his helpers. In this case it is a goth girl named Iggy. I don't know why this should be so funny, but it is....

I couldn't think of an actor other than Christopher Walken who could have pulled off this role- who could believable be opposed to the forces of heaven and hell. You actually believe that he would burn down heaven to make his point....

All-in-all, I would say that this is one of those rare sequels that is as good as the original. My only complaint is with the sound levels. Much of the dialog is barely above a whisper. If you boost your sound loud enough to hear it clearly, then you get blasted out of the house by the action sequences.

Ross is a college dropout with a drug problem...a big drug problem. Ross gets the opportunity to get free drugs if he will become the driver of the local Crystal Meth dealer.

Over the next few days, Ross will come into contact with a kooky stripper, crazy cops, crazier junkies, and a wacko named Spider Mike (brilliantly played by John Leguizamo.)

Dark, dirty, repulsive, and sometimes funny, 'Spun' is a tale told through the eyes of speed freaks. Shot with quick camera motion, and trendy styling, video director Jonas Akerlund does a superb job of setting a grimy atmosphere (you almost feel like taking a shower after watching the film.) The film is peopled with great performances from Brittany Murphy, Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, and Mena Suvari, as well as terrific cameo appearances from Debbie Harry, Alexis Arquette, and Mickey Rourke in a stand out role.

Those looking for something different will enjoy 'Spun', as well as fans of anyone in the cast.

Nick Gonnella

"Spun" is a fascinating journey into the lives of LA drug addicts. Director Jonas Akerlund has created a frantic nightmarish world that is both funny and disturbing at the same time, and never ever boring.Rounding out Akerlund's frenetic visual style is his amazing cast. It's true that this film is chock-full of unsavory drug addicts who you wouldn't want to give a ... for, but every single one of these actors portraying them are so entertaining to watch, that you won't mind a bit spending this 90 minutes with them. First and foremost...MICKEY ROURKE! This is by far Mickey's best role. He plays the Cook, a hulking [person] with his own meth lab he runs out of a motel room. He supplies the schlep rock Ross (the wonderful Jason Schwartzman) with speed as long as he, in turn, drives him and his stripper girlfriend (brilliantly played by Brittany Murphy) around in his car whenever they need it. These drives include trips to the gas station for "ingredients," visits to the porn store, beer runs and chauffeuring Nikki back and forth to the strip club for work. And the bulk of the film carries on this way, focusing on this bizarre friendship, clouded by rail after rail of crystal meth. But like I said, you can't take your eyes off of this cast, no matter how covered they are with sores and blemishes. Everyone is simply outstanding!!!!Rounding out the cast are John Leguizamo as Spider Mike, a dealer, and Patrick Fugit and Mena Suvari as speed freaks who hole themselves up in his house, awaiting their next drug feast. Also, there's Peter Stormare and Alexis Arquette as a couple of cranked out cops, Deborah Harry as Ross' lesbian neighbor with a great interest in martial arts and Eric Roberts as...well, you'll just have to see....On top of that, there're also plenty of cameos from Rob Halford and Billy Corgan, so keep your eyes open. "Spun" is an absolute visual spectacle, and further proof that even music video directors can make good movies.

This movie was great.I thought it was very true to life. The actors played good junkies and it shows how drugs can ruin your life FAST. It was humorous as well as heart breaking. The only thing that disapoints me, is there is NO SOUNDTRACK. The music was awesome.

Who really cares about a bunch of meth addicts? This movie is stupid and pathetic. It is a total migrane-inducing mess. It's a couple hours of your life that you'll never get back. The whole movie is just following these morons around while they go to porno stores and other dumb places. (Although I was suprised to see Rob Halford as the porno store clerk! that was amusing!) This is one of those movies where all the drug-addict idiots that you know will tell you,"whoa, dude! that movie, like, rocks!" Kind of like Natural Born Killers. This movie is a real turkey!

This movie was great.I thought it was very true to life. The actors played good junkies and it shows how drugs can ruin your life FAST. It was humorous as well as heart breaking. The only thing that disapoints me, is there is NO SOUNDTRACK. The music was awesome.

Extreme. Graphic. Brutal. Beautiful. This movie shows a true artform in film that the Hollywood World has seem to forgotten. Even better, it tends to drive a deep message on what happens when chemicals get the worst of you. Ross (Jason Shwartzman), a lost collage drop out with a troubled mind finds himself as a personal driver for a local meth cook (Mickey Rourke) in exchange for drugs. Only to find the end in a supurb twist. In the midst a world of sex, drugs, and corrupt law enforcement ensuthe. Starring John Leguizamo as Spider Mike, a spaced out meth dealer. Mena Suvari as Cookie, Spider Mike's twacked out girlfrien. Britney Murphy as The Cook's lady friend. And Many More. This movie has beautiful cinematics, an even better sound track, and a twisted yet comedic story that will blow your mind. This is a must see flick!

this movie sucks so bad if you want a comedy go rent legally blonde 2 but if you want a boring sleeper this is the movie for you. this movie made me sleep the first 3 times ive tried to watch it. i have not ever got threw it not yet. so miss this movie please do.

I wasn't supposed to like this movie. I didn't think that was going to happen. Even though I like both Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy, I figured this would be a horrible film with no redeeming values. All the usual cliches were there. Young stars in a goofy comedy that looked like a hundred other movies you have seen. Imagine my surprise when I actually began to like this movie. It was definitley enjoyable and bearable because of the two stars. Ashton stars as Tom Lezak, a regular schmo who works as a traffic dj on the radio. During a game of football on the beach, he meets pretty Sarah(Murphy). A girl who seems to be pretty cool until he finds out that she is rich and her dad is owner of a couple football teams. They hit it off and soon are together that very night. The two decide to get married and go off to her uppity, uppity parents. None of her family likes Tom. Not surprisingly. Sarah's ex-boyfriend Peter("Angel"'s Christian Kane)is still around as well. Wouldn't you know it?. The two are hitched and go off on their honeymoon in and around Europe. This is where the true test of their relationship kicks in. Nothing goes right. It is a horrible honeymoon with one bad thing after another. I won't say exactly what happens, so as not to spoil the fun of it. It makes them, and other young couples like them, really start to think about their actions. Did they get married too young?. Too quick?. Do they really know each other well enough to get married?. Who are they?. The whole honeymoon makes the couple face those questions when it seems that they were better off dating and goofing around than being a married couple. Many of the situations you could see coming. I mean, did you really think her slimey, ex-boyfriend was going to stay out of the picture?. No, you didn't. I laughed a few times thru the movie. It was funny in spots. More of the jokes and funny situations that happen are ones that would put a smile on your face more than a hearty laugh. Ashton is great at this type of silly comedy and he has great reactions and mannerism to it. He proves this week after week on "That 70's Show". He has some nice comedic chops when he sticks to this kind of material. I have always liked Murphy, but after this movie, I am totally in love with her. I think everyone else will be too. She is as cute as a button and has incredible personality and presence. She is adorable. They really are a cute couple. They are really the sole reason why this movie is watchable. They are both really charming with great personalities. The movie probably would of been a big stinker like one would of thought it would of been in the first place if they had other, less appealing actors in the main roles. This isn't grand filmmaking, and it's not gonna be remembered much, but it's enjoyable in a ridiculous, fun way to kill an hour and a half. David Rasche, who has a cult following on the 80's TV show "Sledge Hammer", plays Murphy's dad, and Veronica Cartwright from "Alien" and "The Witches Of Eastwick" fame, plays her mom. It is obviously a juvenile little film, but it's harmless. We must keep that part of ourselves where we can just sit back and enjoy such silly things. That's much better than just critcizing other people or the bashing of filmmaking and low IQ's for liking a movie like this. That's ridiculous. This movie is fun for what it is.

Firstly, credit to actors Brittany Murphy, Ashton Kutcher, and director Shawn Levy for producing such an enjoyable film.
This movie is one of the best movies I have seen. It is played beautifully by Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy, their performances are simply amazing, and I really don't see how people can not feel attached to this movie after watching it. The additional features of the DVD are very good, especially the movie commentary by Ashton, Brittany and director Shawn Levy. The commentary reveals some "secrets" in the production of the film, and helps to explain to the viewers how, when, where or why the scenes were made, which I personally thourghly enjoyed listening to. I feel that the special features of the DVD could have had more information on them, for example the "Making Featurette" on the DVD is only 3 minutes long, whereas I think that the viewers would get more satisfaction out of a longer version of the making of the film, especially the fanatics of Just Married.
I also feel that if the films rating had been changed from a PG-13 to an R-13, the limitations of some of the scenes in the movie could have been modified, resulting in a funnier, more enjoyable movie.

Overall this film is a great comedy, which I am currently addicted to, and the acting is top class. I feel that this is one of Brittany Murphy's top performances, and as Ashton Kutcher has only done a few movies, I can't really compare his performance in this film to others he has stared in, although his performance was very good. I strongly recommend this film, and it is currently one of my favourite movies.

So there i was surfing the net... listening to suicide kings in the background.... thinking... okay so i just won the Young Indian Jones trading card set... what ELSE should i get that has sean patrick flannery in it! A HA! here we go... a movie with BRITNEY MURPHY as well- SCORE! Well... i was sadly sadly... very disturbed that i paid this much money for a movie that sucked this badly.... if you like quirky black comedies... this movie is for you... but not for me! Sean patrick flannery drives around with his wifes skeleton... britney murphy causes her fiance to kill himself because she doesn't want to marry him.... it all just sucked... sean though... is still of course sexy sexy! and so is brtney murphy- but i think she looks better as a thin blond.. than a baby fat brunette....

I will be honest with you. I rented this movie for one reason, and one reason only.

I'm addicted to Sean Patrick Flanery.

There, I've said it. Granted, I had high hopes for this film, based on reviews I'd read, and the cast list. Kathy Najimy, Debbie Reynolds, and Michael Jeter have all been in films and/or television shows that I've enjoyed. I'd only seen Brittany Murphy once before and found her quite charming. Like I said, High Hopes...

So, I sat down and started to watch this movie, described to me as a quirky, off-beat comedy... The comedy was way past quirky. It was more the dark, morbid sort.

I've noticed that Sean Patrick Flanery has a knack for doing films about unusual relationships that appear doomed from the beginning, but somehow find a way to work. This one was no exception. The romance between the title characters is improbable at best, but more accurately it's down right ridiculous. Actually, everything about this film was ridiculous...

On the flip side of that coin, it makes no real attempts to take itself seriously, so it's not as hard to maintain your 'willing suspension of disbelief'.

The pluses are: 1. Sean Patrick Flanery, as adorable, hopelessly romantic, and charming as ever 2. Debbie Reynolds... Just cause she's Debbie Reynolds 3. Brittany Murphy's wide-eyed expressions, pouts, and on-camera crying 4. Michael Jeter - he always cracks me up...

The minuses are: 1. Ridiculous plot 2. Over the top antics (burying a character in his football uniform means a casket that's bigger than the hole, and so on) 3. The death of one character that was unnecessary 4. All around lack-luster story

Over all, I'd recommend this one as a no-brainer, or for a fan of any of the actors in the show... They all gave good performances. It's not their fault the plot wound up failing them...

This was a wonderful offbeat comedy, starring the ever-stunning Sean Patrick Flanery. A must-see for all of his fans. A very happy movie which'll make you go *finger lifting upward* "pwop".

I am not fond of writing bad reviews but they also must be addressed. This boring, boring, boring film attempts and fails at being anything more than the bottom of the barrel formulated teen comedy that aches in unoriginality (as shown simply by the title) and only reaches arm length for ridiculous obnoxious laughs. The cliche Hollywood teen comedy script (I've seen better story telling on bathroom walls) sinks to a new level of absurdity. I'm sorry but movies like this come straight from the pooper. Consistently awful performances all around, especially that of Mr. Prinze Jr. Well, I feel that if I have nothing nice to say I should say nothing at all, so I should stop here. I just wish Hollywood lived by the same set of standards.

This movie is the poor man's Bull Durham. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr as Ryan Dunne, who wants to become a professional baseball player. Then he meets Jessica Biel, a rich girl whose father is against her seeing Dunne. Matthew Lillard, Marc Blucas, Brittany Murphy and Brian Dennehy round out the cast.
Prinze NEEDS to take his career in a different direction. All his roles are the same guy-funny,cute, always gets the girl. It's maddening to me because he was in a movie called Money Kings playing a villian. He wasn't bad either. He needs to take more risks and playing a variety of roles.

If you follow Jessica Biel's attempts at getting better film roles, then you know that she was not hierd for her looks, she really can act. And their are moments in this movie where she seems to struggle with a weak script to make it work, and there are moments where she succeeds, before the weak script and bad casting take over. I think if she left Warners,and a second rate show like 7th Heaven, and got a better film role at a different studio. She could really carry a role and make it interesting. But first, she has to get away from Warner Brothers.