"Friends And Lovers" Trashed by every critic, and deservedly so. This comedy features the oddest tone of a feature film in some time. It's silly, it's deeply dramatic, it's sexually explicit, it's shockingly amateurish... It's everything!
Stephen Baldwin, Allison Eastwood, Danny Nucci, George Newbern, David Rasche, and Claudia Schiffer head the cast of friends who gather at a ski chalet during the holidays. The share life lessons, deep secrets, and raging hormones over the course of two days. It's real easy to see why actors would want to be in this. "Friends" is the type of film that's very actor friendly. Director George Haas lets his cast have free reign over their performances, often resulting in self-conscious acting. I was drawn to this for two reasons, Schiffer being the first. I was curious about her acting (this being her second starring role, the first in a Able Ferrara film that has yet to find American distribution - actual proof that there is a God). Needless to say, she stinks. She just doesn't have the chops for the big screen. The other reason I attended this was for Robert Downey Jr's hilarious performance as a German ski instructor named Hans. He's the lone bright spot in this bizarre film. Some dramatics between Newbern and Rasche work well too, they just seem from a different movie. The locations are nice, and the technical credits are appropriate. Plus when isn't it a good thing to see a schlocky old fashion 1987 ski montage complete with squealing guitars? Anyone? This wasn't terrible to sit through, but it is a bad film. Just one of those movies that come around that makes you think just how much blow was passed around to get it made.------ 3
Stephen Baldwin, Allison Eastwood, Danny Nucci, George Newbern, David Rasche, and Claudia Schiffer head the cast of friends who gather at a ski chalet during the holidays. The share life lessons, deep secrets, and raging hormones over the course of two days. It's real easy to see why actors would want to be in this. "Friends" is the type of film that's very actor friendly. Director George Haas lets his cast have free reign over their performances, often resulting in self-conscious acting. I was drawn to this for two reasons, Schiffer being the first. I was curious about her acting (this being her second starring role, the first in a Able Ferrara film that has yet to find American distribution - actual proof that there is a God). Needless to say, she stinks. She just doesn't have the chops for the big screen. The other reason I attended this was for Robert Downey Jr's hilarious performance as a German ski instructor named Hans. He's the lone bright spot in this bizarre film. Some dramatics between Newbern and Rasche work well too, they just seem from a different movie. The locations are nice, and the technical credits are appropriate. Plus when isn't it a good thing to see a schlocky old fashion 1987 ski montage complete with squealing guitars? Anyone? This wasn't terrible to sit through, but it is a bad film. Just one of those movies that come around that makes you think just how much blow was passed around to get it made.------ 3