Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Say It Isn't So (2001)

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: J.B. Rogers
Cast: Chris Klein, Heather Graham
Running time: 95 minutes



Gilly Noble is lonely man who works in animal control. He grew up in foster care, not knowing where he came from. He meets Jo, a cute hairdresser, and falls madly in love with her. Shortly after starting a relationship with her, he finds out that she might be his sister.

I wish that I could say that, from that point on, hilarity ensued, but that would be a lie. This movie is a 90 minutes mixture of unfunny humor. Over the years, I have come to accept that movies need to be judged individually, based on what there are trying to accomplish. With Say It Isn’t So, I am still not sure what the point was. If it was comedy, well, it was not funny. Were we supposed to care for these characters and their plight? I sure hope not.

Chris Klein is fine in secondary roles, as he has shown in the American Pie franchise and in a few other flicks, but, as a male lead, not so much. As for Heather Graham, she is no leading lady either. Both of their characters are unidimensional, and the actors did not do much to attempt to give them any depth. I feel bad for veterans like Sally Field and Richard Jenkins for getting mixed up in this. I guess a paycheck is a paycheck.

I will give this one a nudge higher than the minimum for the final punchline, which made me burst out laughing. Kudos to the filmmakers for that one; I should have seen it coming, but I did not. That was funny; the rest of the film was not.

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