Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: Morgan Klein and Peter Knight
Starring:
Bradley Cooper, Coleen Porch, David Gail
Running
time: 93 minutes
Long
before he gained success with The Hangover, Bradley Cooper starred in this
little movie called Bending All the Rules.
This
2002 drama is the story of Kenna, a young woman who is still confused about
what to do with her life. Abandoned by her mother and raised by a father who worked
at the carnival, she did not have the most normal upbringing. Now in her
twenties, she is waitressing, still using carny tricks on customers on occasion
and dating two men at the same time. The men know about each other. They try to
make Kenna commit to one or the other, but she just doesn’t want to settle down
and do the whole monogamous relationship thing.
This
movie just rubbed me the wrong way. Had it been a guy playing two girls at the
same time, he would have been portrayed as the a-hole. In this case, the girl
was a poor victim of a difficult childhood. And, honestly, I don’t know any man
who would have accepted it so good for so long, especially not for that girl.
As
for the acting, it was very ordinary. Very dry, uninspired. That said, the
material the actors had to work with was nothing spectacular. Bradley Cooper
has now showed what he’s capable of, with American Sniper, so I doubt he’s to blame for this fiasco
of a movie. I would skip this one if I had the option again.
Rating:
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