On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 23:10 +0000, Mike OBrien wrote:
> The mainstream doesn't always have to be insubstantial, painfully
> predictable, and childish. 'In Her Shoes' has the plotting framework
> of a thousand other Hollywood films, but it is unusual in taking the
> time to let its characters breathe, and the kind of pace which
> permits
> a better understanding of them.


Maybe you're right but I felt bored to re-view the same basic plot with
some very similar treatment. The first scene, i.e. the comparison done
between the two sisters, is quite nice. They seem truly similar but the
portrait cracks in both case.

After, it remains very classical Hollywood heroes and the same type of
character, like in a old joke.

Anyway, I think this plot belongs to those I prefer to read, or expect
an original screening...

>
> Mind you, what do I know? I'm the kind of guy who is left cold by
> the 'perfect figured' Cameron Diaz, and am far more attracted to the
> more interesting and more desirably proportioned Toni Collette.
>
> Also, I can't help liking a film which features some e.e. cummings
> poetry.
>
> And Shirley MacLaine is wonderful.

Definitely!

> Enjoyable film.

Yes, not more :p

PY

PS: by the way, thanks for the advice about Lavender Hill Mob. I have
not seen it but I'll try. I have a poor culture in the classics...