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I love the Hallmark Channel?

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Where the Heart Is (2000)

Okay, I confess, I have a thing for the Hallmark Channel. It's so....easy. I watched this movie on there this weekend and I really liked it. It's one of the few Natalie Portman movies I have enjoyed. Plus, the women in it are amazing. Stockard Channing, Joan Cusak, Ashley Judd, Sally Field...all great ladies. Plus, I really got into the love story, I thought it was refreshing and believable in a lot of ways. It was about as feel-good as Fried Green Tomatoes.

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 10:02 AM by csprague | with 0 comments

The Nanny Diaries

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The Nanny Diaries (2007)

It was more of a female, coming-of-age, I-don't-know-who-I-am kind of story than a romantic comedy. The love story was a side note, or at least it seemed that way since it was so underdeveloped. I really liked Laura Linny's character, I think she and Paul Giamatti did a great job. They were nerotic and overbearing, easily dispised. But I thought the tension between Johansson and Linny was a bit much. I have a hard time believing Johansson's character didn't snap earlier in the film. I found her capactiy for tolerating Linny's neglegence a bit unbelievable. Over all, I enjoyed it, but it is certainly not one of Johansson's best.

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 9:19 AM by csprague | with 1 comments