I had never heard of this movie or the female lead. Brendan Frasier is one of my favorite actors. He is able to suspend my disbelief in a magical way and he brings that to this movie. He's also hysterically funny. OMG I love him in Blast From The Past. He swashbuckled in The Mummy but I thought that was darling and fun and silly.
I now realize that what he also brings, that I've never seen before, is incredibly sensual over-the-top sex appeal. Holy cow. He is absolutely beautiful, like a Greek or Roman statue. As the movie went along, I started to think he was like the perfect man that you'd dream about, give anything to be with but would never be clever enough to recognize. And I think that was one half of the plot. The other half was Joanna's two dreams, that she would find the man who was perfect for her and she'd deserve him. Simple. Complex.
I can't even explain why this movie works but it is literally enchanting. I started to feel like I was floating, carried along by the soft weave and tug of the tale. It is a tale, one of magic and promise, like all tales of love.
I think Joanna Going could not have been more perfect. You don't really know what chemistry between two actors is until you watch a movie that has it. Chemistry = when you watch two people touch, breathe on each other, and you'd give anything to be one of them right at that moment. Chemistry is The English Patient. This movie is hot.
I now realize that what he also brings, that I've never seen before, is incredibly sensual over-the-top sex appeal. Holy cow. He is absolutely beautiful, like a Greek or Roman statue. As the movie went along, I started to think he was like the perfect man that you'd dream about, give anything to be with but would never be clever enough to recognize. And I think that was one half of the plot. The other half was Joanna's two dreams, that she would find the man who was perfect for her and she'd deserve him. Simple. Complex.
I can't even explain why this movie works but it is literally enchanting. I started to feel like I was floating, carried along by the soft weave and tug of the tale. It is a tale, one of magic and promise, like all tales of love.
I think Joanna Going could not have been more perfect. You don't really know what chemistry between two actors is until you watch a movie that has it. Chemistry = when you watch two people touch, breathe on each other, and you'd give anything to be one of them right at that moment. Chemistry is The English Patient. This movie is hot.