| Muskarci
ne mogu pogrijesiti sa Minnie Driver. Toliko je ljupka da ne mozete odvojiti oci od nje, a
uvijek igra u filmovima sa jakom muskom ulogom (Matt Damon, John Cusack), pa uvijek u kino
mozete povesti svoju ljepsu polovinu i provuci se. Nakon sto smo uzivali u dopadljivom
"An Ideal Husband", otisli smo dati svoj doprinos solidnom debi-vikendu od osam
miliona dolara za film "Return to Me", sarmantnu malu romanticnu komediju, u
kojoj igraju Driverova i David "znate me sa televizije, ali ja sam nekad igrao i u
filmovima" Duchovny. On igra mladog nadobudnog arhitekta, ozenjenog lijepom
zoologicom, a ona pocinje film na bolnickoj postelji, sapucuci "Rosebud"
("ruzin pupoljak") svojoj prijateljici, sto je vic koji je shvatilo zapanjujuce
malo gledalaca. (za svaki slucaj, to su tajnovite posljednje rijeci Orsona Wellesa u filmu
"Citizen Kane") Prije nego sto se snadjemo, Duchovnyjeva zena gine nakon
automobilskog udesa, a Driverin zivot (svaka igra rijecima je ovdje slucajna) spasava
zoolosko srce donatora organa. Film doseze emotivno dno nekih 20 minuta nakon
interesantnog uvodnog kadra, kada Duchovny jeca, suze mu se slijevaju na krvavu kosulju,
vjerni mu pas tuguje ispruzen pored njega. Godinu dana kasnije, vidimo da se Driverova
potpuno oporavila i da je okruzena sarolikom grupom prijatelja i rodbine sa dobrim
namjerama - da joj nadju momka.Tu je Bonnie Hunt, koja je i reditelj filma, kao supruga
grozno gojaznog ali jednako simpaticnog Jamesa Belushija i majka petoro deriscadi koje
jednoglasno urlicu vecinu filma. Robert Loggia je italijanski ujak, a Caroll O'Connor je
odlican kao irski djed. Duchovny, s druge strane, ima gomilu tinejdzerskih cukopazitelja i
Davida Alana Griera kao prijatelje. I, kao sto predvidljiva prica ide, bit ce tu ljubav,
bit ce usponi, bit ce padovi. Dame, pripremite maramice, trebat ce vam. Ono sto se
meni svidjelo u ovom filmu je da se on ne pretvara da je nesto vise od onoga sto jeste -
zabavna prica koja ne brine mnogo o detaljima. Nema scene nesrece, nema scene u
operativnoj sali (a i scena u hitnoj sluzbi je skracena), a kroz film se provlaci opsta
tema izgradnje na novim temeljima, koja je zapravo prilicno vedra. Scenarij je
nevjerovatno otrcan, mjestimicno nevjerovatan i natrpan kliseima, poput psa koji ceka
ispred vrata gospodaricu koja nikad nece doci kuci, ili neizbjezna Fontana di Trevi. No
ipak, glavni likovi su vrlo uvjerljivi, a izmedju njih ima dovoljno hemije da privuce i
zadrzi nasu paznju. Sporedna glumacka postava takodjer obavlja dobar posao, obezbijedivsi
dodatne komicne elemente i doprinoseci opstoj laganoj atmosferi filma. Zbog svega ovoga,
"Return to Me", koji pocinje kao samo jos jedan od standardnih placljivih
filmova, zapravo uspijeva da bude i smijesan i dobronamjeran, a to smo i htjeli vidjeti. |
|
Guys can't go wrong with Minnie Driver. She's so adorable, you
can't take your eyes off her, and she always plays in movies with a strong leading male
(Matt Damon, John Cusack), so you can safely bring your girlfriend/wife with you and get
away with it. After we enjoyed the delicious "An Ideal Husband", we went to give
our contribution to the solid opening weekend of $8M for "Return to Me", a
charming little romantic comedy, starring Driver and David "You know me for my TV
work, but I used to be a movie actor as well" Duchovny. He is playing a young
hot-shot architect, happily married to a beautiful environmentalist, while she begins the
movie on a hospital bed, whispering "Rosebud" to her friend, a joke that
alarmingly small portion of the attendance seemed to get. (just in case, that is the
mysterious final word of Orson Welles' character in "Citizen Kane") Before we
know it, Duchovny's wife dies after a car crash, and Driver's life (no pun intended here)
is saved by the donor environmentalist's heart. The movie hits the emotional low some 20
minutes after the opening shot (quite interesting helicam movement), when Duchovny weeps
in his bloody tuxedo shirt, his dog mourning beside him. A year later, we see Driver
almost fully recovered, surrounded by a colorful bunch of friends with good intentions
– to get her a guy. There's Bonnie Hunt, who also directed the movie, as the wife of
obscenely obese and equally loveable James Belushi and mother of five brats screaming in
unison for most of the movie. Robert Loggia is an Italian uncle, and Caroll O'Connor is
wonderful as an Irish grandfather. Duchovny, on the other hand, has a bunch of adolescent
dog-sitters and David Alan Grier as his friends. And, as the predictable story goes, there
will be a romance, there will be ups, there will be downs. Ladies, get your handkerchiefs,
because you will use them. What I liked about this movie is that it is not pretending to
be more than it is – an entertaining story, that doesn't care too much about the
details. There is no accident scene, there is no OR scene (and the ER scene is cut very
short), and there is a general theme of rebuilding on new grounds which is very uplifting.
The script is unbelievably corny, occasionally improbable and loaded with cliches, such as
dog waiting in front of the door for the mistress that is never coming back home or the
inevitable Fontana di Trevi. However, the lead characters are very credible, and there is
enough chemistry between them to get and keep our attention. The supporting cast also does
an admirable job of providing the extra comic elements, and contributing to the overall
light atmosphere of the movie. Because of all this, "Return to Me", which starts
as just another one of those tearjerkers, actually manages to be funny and good-natured,
and that's what we wanted to see in the first place. |