Birth

Strange. Why would a child claim to be a woman's husband? And why would she believe him? This movie just didn't make any sense to me. Are the rich that gullible? Hard to believe (or they wouldn't be rich, right? hmm). I like Nicole Kidman, but if I ever had the option (heh), I might ask her why she wanted to do this movie. She's a great actress, and you can clearly see that in this movie, but still, I expected more. It passed the time, if nothing else, and I guess that's all right. I'm just not sure I'd want to sit through this one again though.

What A Girl Wants

I knew before I watched this that it would be corny. No surprises here. Why is it in almost every movie of this type, the foreigner always makes friends immediately with a member of the opposite sex? (local + foreigner, add {rain} water, stir = instant relationship!) And wait a minute...a flight from New York to London with no jet lag, looking absolutely rested and refreshed? Oh wait.....*it's a movie*! Yea. Ok (and she's "17" so I guess that factors in too. Oh, to be young.)

It's actually a cute cookie-cutter story with the typical happy ending. One funny line, "No hugs dear. I'm British. We only show affection to dogs and horses," was pretty amusing (though dryly delivered). I like seeing foreign places and particularly hearing British accents (for some reason). Colin Firth plays the perfect straight man. I wonder if he's like that in real life, or just good at being that way in movies. Surprisingly, he does cut loose a bit in this, and is a riot doing so. Basically, this is a sweet and fun little escape from reality. If you're looking for one.