Funny and charming comedy romance that will leave you feeling good even if I have to say that at times it felt and looked like the old TV show Alice. But this final film by Adrienne Shelly has something that very seldom you see in American movies, comedy and emotions, as this movie will definitively stir some emotions in viewers.The pace is nicely slow to allow you to pay attention to some clever dialogues and the pie making and imagining will definitively water your mouth. Tells the story of Jenna (Keri Russell) a waitress at a diner that is unhappily married, saving money to leave her husband and pregnant with an unwanted baby. The slice of life tells mainly about her pregnancy and how she at the end makes the right choices with a little help from Old Joe (Andy Griffith)
At the end the movie is a pastel-colored fairytale about love and pie-baking that works because Keri Russell gives a very good performance and Shelly who’s also the writer does exquisite pie recipes that work like great images and representations of Jenna’s crucial situations, like the I Hate My Husband pie, the Earl Murders Me Because I’m Having An Affair pie, Pregnant Miserable Self Pitying Loser pie, etc. Also the brilliant spontaneous poetry is odd enough to make you smile.
It is amazing to learn that the movie had a 20-day shot and with this knowledge have to admit that is a very good production for the little time they had.
Funny, quirky as real life and charming movie is not for all audiences as is what Americans call an independent movie, but I’m betting that most adults will simply be charmed by it.
Well...the pies alone would make it worth to watch! :D
ReplyDeleteI do have to say that I didn't expect much from this one, but I found it to have a great sense of humor and to be more deep than, at first sight, it may seem.
Have to confess that I not only heard good things about this movie, but also checked some info before seeing... so, I sort of knew what to expect from it and was exactly as I expected! Think that eventually I will do at least one of the non-sweet pies... that's how much I liked the pies! lol!
ReplyDeleteLoved this movie!! and could easily watch it again! :)
ReplyDeleteYep, very nice and easy to watch movie... but be careful as it makes you hungry... lol!
ReplyDeleteWe have just enjoyed this movie, and we are shocked to know that the director, producer and wirter Adrianne Shelly, was murdered on Nov. 1st 2006 in NYC! She was the waitress that got married in the movie, and provides all the magic around the film.
ReplyDeleteThe movie has a lot of humor and very profound human situations, the acting of each one is very good, and the pies and their names, are a match made in heaven !
Yes I remember that after watching the movie I also learned about the tragic story. Too bad as she had a magic touch... but she will live every time people see this wonderful movie!
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