Showing posts with label Gary Winick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gary Winick. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

13 Going on 30

13 Going on 30
Columbia etc.
April 23, 2004
Fantasy, Romcom
DVD
C+

This is what I call a popcorn movie, nothing fancy, not particularly filling, but in its own way somewhat satisfying, even if some of it gets stuck in your teeth.  I have to note that, like most movies that look nostalgically back at the late '80s (e.g. The Wedding Singer, Romy & Michele), the soundtrack is more early '80s, because pop music was better in the first half of that decade.  Gary Winick directed, six years before the weaker Letters to Juliet.

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet
Summit Entertainment
May 14, 2010
Dramedy?
DVD
C-

I was intrigued by the trailer for this at the time and then months ago when it popped up on some DVD, but the actual execution is kind of flat compared to the happy movie I expected.  (Even the Italian scenery is surprisingly meh.)  This is sort of based on the nonfiction book by Lise and Ceil Friedman.  Gary Winick directed.