Bridget Fonda is a breath of fresh air in this ROMCOM.
Doing this review in the year 2018 looking
back its fun to notice the drastic changes in culture such as no cell phones, the use of polaroid
cameras, a cop who was everyone’s’ friend, & protesters throwing red paint on
ladies wearing furs. One thing similar – friends come out of no where when you win big money. The main character Charles was a man of his
word like my father -- I liked that. Sadly,
so many think men like that are suckers or losers when the opposite is true. Charles wife loves the high life and will seemingly do anything to get it. Charles
loves Queens and his job on the force and playing ball with neighborhood kids. The red dress scene is a favorite of
mine. Her hair in that scene actually
caught my attention. I loved when Charles returns to the boat at the end of that scene and his wife didn’t
even know he got left behind. The movie
deals with how money affects people – those who never have enough and those who
notice those around them and are cheerful givers. Or in other words they use money and love
people vs loving money and using people.
Charles wife actually makes the following comment to him “your niceness
and decency make me sick”. On the other
side Yvonne and Charles were both givers by nature.
In a flustered moment Yvonne, the waitress said to Charles “You’ll have
to excuse me sometimes, nobody ever loved me before.”
The ending needs to be seen I won’t spoil it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film and if
you like ROMCOMs you will too. I promise.
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