Ensemble sentiment at Hogmanay.
Anyone daring to venture into the cinema to watch Garry Marshall's latest insult to the words 'romantic' and 'comedy' would be well advised to recallibrate their 'saccharine' settings first. Sentiment covers every moment like mildew, without ever once actually engaging the emotions, as the action plays out like a sort of Stepford Wives version of what Christmas films should be all about.
If you're wondering about plot, brace yourself. Even those with worst-case Attention Deficit Disorder will find...
Anyone daring to venture into the cinema to watch Garry Marshall's latest insult to the words 'romantic' and 'comedy' would be well advised to recallibrate their 'saccharine' settings first. Sentiment covers every moment like mildew, without ever once actually engaging the emotions, as the action plays out like a sort of Stepford Wives version of what Christmas films should be all about.
If you're wondering about plot, brace yourself. Even those with worst-case Attention Deficit Disorder will find...
- 12/8/2011
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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