I Could Never Be Your Woman
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Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Starring: Stacey Dash, Sally Kellerman, Jon Lovitz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Wallace Shawn
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796019810470
Format: Color
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-02-12
Running Time: 97
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: Loved it!!!
Comment: I loved this movie! It was funny, and cute and oh so romantic! Tracy Ullman is funny as mother nature, and Michelle Pfieffer is spectacular as always, of course. Paul Rudd was hilarious!! I love the fact that they brought in so many actors from Clueless like him, Stacey Dash, and Wallace Shawn. It has great actors, great old and new talents. It's an awesome combination of comedians and actors that include Jon Lovitz, and even an Appearence by Henry Winkler (the Fonz!)... Anyways, I higly reccomend this movie!!
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Summary: Zips By in a Flash
Comment: Amy Heckerling, who directed "Clueless" in 1995 which was Paul Rudd's first film, does an excellent job. The chemistry between Michelle Pfeiffer's Rosie and Paul Rudd's Adam seemed real, if not steamy, certainly funny. Pfeiffer has three Oscar nominations ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The Fabulous Baker Boys," "Love Fields") without a win. Her gorgeous looks and lighthearted disposition serve her well in the film. Paul Rudd who was in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition) is HYSTERICAL! His disco dance is utterly silly and charming. I loved when Fred Willard tells him to join the real world and Rudd retorts, "I don't have to. I'm an actor." Saoirse Ronan plays Rosie's daughter Izzie. This was her first film before her Oscar-nominated role in Atonement (Widescreen Edition). Her final song in the film is an exquisite scene stealer. Tracey Ullman as Mother Nature plays the oddly present role with comic flair. Jon Lovitz as Rosie's ex-husband Nathan is great as he keeps stealing vases and other things from her house. Stacey Dash who was in "Clueless" plays the prima donna sit-com star with ludicrous intensity. Sarah Alexander who worked with Pfeiffer in Stardust (Widescreen Edition) plays the devious secretary who tries to short-circuit the Rosie/Adam love affair. Henry Winkler, Sally Kellerman and Wallace Shawn all have small cameos. Heckerling has done a great job with this film. It's funny. It's romantic. It zips by in a flash. Enjoy!
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Summary: Very funny
Comment: I really enjoyed this movie.I thought Michelle Pfeiifer and Paul Rudd were great.They really had some good chemistry.This movie is definetly worth buying especially if you are a Michelle Pfeiffer fan.
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Summary: A Mixed Bag
Comment: If not exactly a one-hit wonder, Amy Heckerling is certainly a mystery. After directing the highly successful "Fast Times at Ridgement High (1982) and writing/directing an excellent modern adaptation of Jane Austins's "Emma"- insert "Clueless" (1995) here - it appeared that she had a unique connection with both teenage viewers and those nostalgic about their teenage years.
Then she spectacularly crashed and burned with the appropriately named "Loser" (2000). That career breaker would be in the running for a "worst film of all time" designation, were it not for its modest scale. Nonetheless it exposed huge deficiencies in Heckerling's writing talents, acting for the camera directing skills, and basic judgment.
Six years and no films later she was finally able to cobble together another modest scale film "I Could Never Be Your Woman", which is much closer to "Loser" in concept and execution than to her successful films.
Heckerling is at heart an expressionistic movie-maker; a fine quality except that mainstream audiences, used to a steady diet of movie realism, sometimes just don't get it. Her two main successes were situations where the surreal stuff was an ironic undercurrent masked by a realistic facade. With "Loser" her elements went out of balance and she repeats this same mistake in the main storyline here; a blend of the Hollywood insider story Altman did so well in "The Player" and the standard Lifetime Channel exploration of female angst, aging, and discontent.
Fortunately there is parallel storyline involving the main character's middle school daughter, which allows Heckerling to get back to what she does best. And even more fortunate is the casting of newcomer Saoirse Ronan in this role. Ronan has since broken out with her Oscar nominated performance in "Atonement" (2007). "I Could Never Be You Woman" was her first feature film, which she easily steals. So much so that you are tempted to fast- forward through the scenes in which she is not present. Heckerling should have recognized what she had here and initiated major script revisions to amp up Ronan's screen time; especially more scenes of her playing off Paul Rudd (her mother's boyfriend) and Jon Lovitz (her father). Even so this will be become a minor cult classic on the strength of this one performance.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd (who played Cher's stepbrother in "Clueless") play the film's May-December romantic couple. Their chemistry is not bad and the romance is mostly played for its comic qualities. This stuff is good enough to keep and certainly not one of the film's fatal weaknesses. These can be found in some ill-conceived expressionistic elements: Tracey Ullman as an extremely boring Mother Nature, Fred Willard as an unfunny version of his Ron Albertson "Waiting for Guffman" (1996) character, and Sarah Alexander as a kind of concentration of all the irritating qualities of Jenny McCarthy. The one expressionistic element that does work is the "Head of the Class" style television show that Pfeiffer's character is producing; complete with tacky production design and middle age actors playing high school students.
The film might just be the highest-profile motion picture ever to take the direct-to-DVD route, due to bad financial practices rather than the marketability of the final product. Then again when you try to figure out the film's target audience you realize that it is even narrower than the standard "chick flick", and unlike Heckerling's hit films there is nothing here of interest to the teen demographic.
Rosie (Pfeiffer) is a middle age TV writer/producer whose once popular TV series needs a talent transfusion, and whose main occupation seems to be staying young. Adam (Rudd), a 28 year-old actor, is added to the cast and it is quickly apparent that he and Rosie are soul mates despite the age differential. Middle school daughter Izzie (Ronan) has a crush on a boy at her school and Rosie must adjust to her daughter growing up. As someone observed earlier, Izzie is a little like what "Juno" might have been four years before her pregnancy. Ronan's two songs (including a parody of Britney's "Oops" with altered lyrics) are the film's comedic highlights.
The DVD package is pretty basic; a few deleted scenes, the unused theatrical trailer, and an extremely lame commentary.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another Romantic Comedy ...Ho-Hum ...
Comment: Romantic comedies abound, so I was hesitant to retry the genre with yet another film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. She seems to love the genre; not necessarily all comedy but definitely the romantic part. Ever since One Fine Day (1996) where she starred alongside the then and future heart-throb George Clooney (Michael Clayton), she's been consistently on the romance movie radar screen (that's been 12 years as of this review).
But Pfeiffer does an okay job once again as an aging screenwriter named Rosie, trying to keep her job, her sanity, and her teen daughter all from imploding. Circling around these troublesome times is Rosie's growing awareness of her age (mid-40s) and her lack of any new romantic prospects. Her "battle scenes" with her daughter's Ken and Barbie dolls are pretty darn funny, too, which also aided in the darker side of the comedic need to understand one's own age. Her daughter Izzie (Saoirse Ronan, Atonement) has just got her period and is full into what she believes to be womanhood. Rosie's daughter's blossoming adulthood triggers Rosie's own sense of love and she finds it in the unlikely arms of a much, much younger man/actor named Adam (Paul Rudd, Knocked Up).
Difficulties abound thanks to Rosie's passive-aggressive secretary Jeannie (Sarah Alexander) who does everything to thwart Rosie's possibilities at a love life; and thanks to Rosie's ex-husband Nathan (Jon Lovitz) who's always having some body part of his remade via plastic surgery. There's another "force" battling Rosie and it is Mother Nature herself (Tracey Ullman, Corpse Bride) come to life in the form of a nymph-like creature that talks to Rosie about the need to follow nature's path.
The Mother Nature portions of the story are undoubtedly the weakest and easily could've been tossed out without losing anything within the story of I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN.
The outlandish dancing and over-acting of Paul Rudd helped keep the story light and laugh-out-loud interesting. Even Lovitz was a bit of a surprise in that he helped move the storyline along with some decent comedic punch.
But if you're looking for anything new within the genre, you won't find it here. Which can be refreshingly simple for some, but irritatingly static to others.
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Summary: Loved it!!!
Comment: I loved this movie! It was funny, and cute and oh so romantic! Tracy Ullman is funny as mother nature, and Michelle Pfieffer is spectacular as always, of course. Paul Rudd was hilarious!! I love the fact that they brought in so many actors from Clueless like him, Stacey Dash, and Wallace Shawn. It has great actors, great old and new talents. It's an awesome combination of comedians and actors that include Jon Lovitz, and even an Appearence by Henry Winkler (the Fonz!)... Anyways, I higly reccomend this movie!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Zips By in a Flash
Comment: Amy Heckerling, who directed "Clueless" in 1995 which was Paul Rudd's first film, does an excellent job. The chemistry between Michelle Pfeiffer's Rosie and Paul Rudd's Adam seemed real, if not steamy, certainly funny. Pfeiffer has three Oscar nominations ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The Fabulous Baker Boys," "Love Fields") without a win. Her gorgeous looks and lighthearted disposition serve her well in the film. Paul Rudd who was in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition) is HYSTERICAL! His disco dance is utterly silly and charming. I loved when Fred Willard tells him to join the real world and Rudd retorts, "I don't have to. I'm an actor." Saoirse Ronan plays Rosie's daughter Izzie. This was her first film before her Oscar-nominated role in Atonement (Widescreen Edition). Her final song in the film is an exquisite scene stealer. Tracey Ullman as Mother Nature plays the oddly present role with comic flair. Jon Lovitz as Rosie's ex-husband Nathan is great as he keeps stealing vases and other things from her house. Stacey Dash who was in "Clueless" plays the prima donna sit-com star with ludicrous intensity. Sarah Alexander who worked with Pfeiffer in Stardust (Widescreen Edition) plays the devious secretary who tries to short-circuit the Rosie/Adam love affair. Henry Winkler, Sally Kellerman and Wallace Shawn all have small cameos. Heckerling has done a great job with this film. It's funny. It's romantic. It zips by in a flash. Enjoy!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very funny
Comment: I really enjoyed this movie.I thought Michelle Pfeiifer and Paul Rudd were great.They really had some good chemistry.This movie is definetly worth buying especially if you are a Michelle Pfeiffer fan.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Mixed Bag
Comment: If not exactly a one-hit wonder, Amy Heckerling is certainly a mystery. After directing the highly successful "Fast Times at Ridgement High (1982) and writing/directing an excellent modern adaptation of Jane Austins's "Emma"- insert "Clueless" (1995) here - it appeared that she had a unique connection with both teenage viewers and those nostalgic about their teenage years.
Then she spectacularly crashed and burned with the appropriately named "Loser" (2000). That career breaker would be in the running for a "worst film of all time" designation, were it not for its modest scale. Nonetheless it exposed huge deficiencies in Heckerling's writing talents, acting for the camera directing skills, and basic judgment.
Six years and no films later she was finally able to cobble together another modest scale film "I Could Never Be Your Woman", which is much closer to "Loser" in concept and execution than to her successful films.
Heckerling is at heart an expressionistic movie-maker; a fine quality except that mainstream audiences, used to a steady diet of movie realism, sometimes just don't get it. Her two main successes were situations where the surreal stuff was an ironic undercurrent masked by a realistic facade. With "Loser" her elements went out of balance and she repeats this same mistake in the main storyline here; a blend of the Hollywood insider story Altman did so well in "The Player" and the standard Lifetime Channel exploration of female angst, aging, and discontent.
Fortunately there is parallel storyline involving the main character's middle school daughter, which allows Heckerling to get back to what she does best. And even more fortunate is the casting of newcomer Saoirse Ronan in this role. Ronan has since broken out with her Oscar nominated performance in "Atonement" (2007). "I Could Never Be You Woman" was her first feature film, which she easily steals. So much so that you are tempted to fast- forward through the scenes in which she is not present. Heckerling should have recognized what she had here and initiated major script revisions to amp up Ronan's screen time; especially more scenes of her playing off Paul Rudd (her mother's boyfriend) and Jon Lovitz (her father). Even so this will be become a minor cult classic on the strength of this one performance.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd (who played Cher's stepbrother in "Clueless") play the film's May-December romantic couple. Their chemistry is not bad and the romance is mostly played for its comic qualities. This stuff is good enough to keep and certainly not one of the film's fatal weaknesses. These can be found in some ill-conceived expressionistic elements: Tracey Ullman as an extremely boring Mother Nature, Fred Willard as an unfunny version of his Ron Albertson "Waiting for Guffman" (1996) character, and Sarah Alexander as a kind of concentration of all the irritating qualities of Jenny McCarthy. The one expressionistic element that does work is the "Head of the Class" style television show that Pfeiffer's character is producing; complete with tacky production design and middle age actors playing high school students.
The film might just be the highest-profile motion picture ever to take the direct-to-DVD route, due to bad financial practices rather than the marketability of the final product. Then again when you try to figure out the film's target audience you realize that it is even narrower than the standard "chick flick", and unlike Heckerling's hit films there is nothing here of interest to the teen demographic.
Rosie (Pfeiffer) is a middle age TV writer/producer whose once popular TV series needs a talent transfusion, and whose main occupation seems to be staying young. Adam (Rudd), a 28 year-old actor, is added to the cast and it is quickly apparent that he and Rosie are soul mates despite the age differential. Middle school daughter Izzie (Ronan) has a crush on a boy at her school and Rosie must adjust to her daughter growing up. As someone observed earlier, Izzie is a little like what "Juno" might have been four years before her pregnancy. Ronan's two songs (including a parody of Britney's "Oops" with altered lyrics) are the film's comedic highlights.
The DVD package is pretty basic; a few deleted scenes, the unused theatrical trailer, and an extremely lame commentary.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another Romantic Comedy ...Ho-Hum ...
Comment: Romantic comedies abound, so I was hesitant to retry the genre with yet another film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. She seems to love the genre; not necessarily all comedy but definitely the romantic part. Ever since One Fine Day (1996) where she starred alongside the then and future heart-throb George Clooney (Michael Clayton), she's been consistently on the romance movie radar screen (that's been 12 years as of this review).
But Pfeiffer does an okay job once again as an aging screenwriter named Rosie, trying to keep her job, her sanity, and her teen daughter all from imploding. Circling around these troublesome times is Rosie's growing awareness of her age (mid-40s) and her lack of any new romantic prospects. Her "battle scenes" with her daughter's Ken and Barbie dolls are pretty darn funny, too, which also aided in the darker side of the comedic need to understand one's own age. Her daughter Izzie (Saoirse Ronan, Atonement) has just got her period and is full into what she believes to be womanhood. Rosie's daughter's blossoming adulthood triggers Rosie's own sense of love and she finds it in the unlikely arms of a much, much younger man/actor named Adam (Paul Rudd, Knocked Up).
Difficulties abound thanks to Rosie's passive-aggressive secretary Jeannie (Sarah Alexander) who does everything to thwart Rosie's possibilities at a love life; and thanks to Rosie's ex-husband Nathan (Jon Lovitz) who's always having some body part of his remade via plastic surgery. There's another "force" battling Rosie and it is Mother Nature herself (Tracey Ullman, Corpse Bride) come to life in the form of a nymph-like creature that talks to Rosie about the need to follow nature's path.
The Mother Nature portions of the story are undoubtedly the weakest and easily could've been tossed out without losing anything within the story of I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN.
The outlandish dancing and over-acting of Paul Rudd helped keep the story light and laugh-out-loud interesting. Even Lovitz was a bit of a surprise in that he helped move the storyline along with some decent comedic punch.
But if you're looking for anything new within the genre, you won't find it here. Which can be refreshingly simple for some, but irritatingly static to others.
A romantic Comedy about a successful professional woman who runs into trouble in her love life when she meets a younger man.
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