OK, let me get this out of the way first. I'm a big fan of the original with Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. It's a classic film that I love and have watched many times and it in no way needed a remake.
That said I wanted to see the remake regardless because it had Russell Brand in it and it is at least a remake of a movie I really love.
So yeah, I downloaded it a month or so ago and then went on IMDB to see it was rating at about 5.5 which is simply not good at all according to IMDB ratings. It's been panned quite a lot really.
Well, with nothing much else to watch I decided to watch it expecting a bit of a trainwreck and I actually though it was good. Not great but not bad either. It sticks pretty close to the original and Brand probably delivers his best acting job to date in the film even channeling the late Dudley Moore quite eerily in some scenes without sending up a performance of him.
I have a feeling there is still quite a backlash to Russell Brand featuring in anything. He is either loved or hated on both sides of the pond. I happen to love him so can focus on the quality of the picture. It's a pretty standard Rom-Com that isn't going to blow anyone away or garner tons of belly-laughs but it's entertaining and doesn't deserve quite the derision its received. That's all.
That said I wanted to see the remake regardless because it had Russell Brand in it and it is at least a remake of a movie I really love.
So yeah, I downloaded it a month or so ago and then went on IMDB to see it was rating at about 5.5 which is simply not good at all according to IMDB ratings. It's been panned quite a lot really.
Well, with nothing much else to watch I decided to watch it expecting a bit of a trainwreck and I actually though it was good. Not great but not bad either. It sticks pretty close to the original and Brand probably delivers his best acting job to date in the film even channeling the late Dudley Moore quite eerily in some scenes without sending up a performance of him.
I have a feeling there is still quite a backlash to Russell Brand featuring in anything. He is either loved or hated on both sides of the pond. I happen to love him so can focus on the quality of the picture. It's a pretty standard Rom-Com that isn't going to blow anyone away or garner tons of belly-laughs but it's entertaining and doesn't deserve quite the derision its received. That's all.
