January 21, 2011, - 4:34 pm
Wknd Box Office: No Strings Attached, Client 9: Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer
The movie Pet Sematary of January is almost over, with the key word being, “almost.” Still nothing worth two hours and ten bucks apiece, yet.
* “No Strings Attached“: Um, who wants to see a movie where the chick is the guy in the relationship and the guy is not only the chick in the relationship, but he’s Bruce Willis’ son, Christopher Ashton Kutcher (thanks, Ricky Gervais)? Yup, this is basically a dumb chick flick with even dumber role reversals. While this movie was mildly–veeeeery mildly–entertaining, it was mostly unfunny (supposed to be a rom-com, but there was very little rom and almost no com) and just, well . . . groanworthy. And is it really necessary for a movie to be full of the c-word (the one that rhymes with “rock,” not the other one, but same diff) and other gratuitous graphic language, which you don’t need to be a prude to know had absolutely no purpose. I felt like I was hearing the audio track to a bad porno flick. And even though it’s rated “R,” you know it’s aimed at teens and most of America’s malpracticing “parents” a/k/a womb-/sperm-donors will let their kids go see it without a second thought. Could’ve also done without two giant shots of Chris Kutcher’s naked butt in my face.
The “story” lasted about 20 minutes. Then, the rest was stupid machinations, overwrought melo-drama, and sundry other stupidity. The “plot”: Kutcher and Natalie Portman have known each other since summer camp, and he’s always wanted to have sex with her. Her, not so much. Ultimately, they have sex, after he is hungover from a night of drunkenness upon learning that his aging TV actor father, a very old-looking Kevin Kline, is sleeping with his ex-girlfriend. Soon, Kutcher and Portman are just sex-buddies because she doesn’t want to date him or be in a relationship. Looong, slooow, booooring. It ended like five times, then sadly kept going. Yaaaawn. Next.
Read the full Post
Tags: Ashton Kutcher, Chris Kutcher, Christopher Ashton Kutcher, Client 9, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached