Day 328
Alex & Emma
2003
Admittedly, this movie started off with one stike already against it: it was a gift, from one of my least favorite ex-boyfriends. (What, you don't rank them?)
That aside, I tried to give it a fair chance, and it was at least better than I remembered.
Alex & Emma is the story of a writer, Alex, (Mr. Wilson), who also happens to be a gambler. Deeply indebted to some loan-sharks, he must finish his next book, collect his pay, and pass it on to whom it is owed, all within 30 days. If he should fail, a team of thugs will kill him.
After the thugs pay him a visit and break his laptop to impress upon him the severity of their threats, he employs the unsuspecting stenographer, Emma, (Kate Hudson), to type his book as he dictates.
Overall, it's a pretty clever premise, a telling of a story the two characters write, and re-write, together as they go along. It makes for some decently charming and clever banter between 'Alex,' and 'Emma."
I also enjoy the opportunity given to the actors to play multiple characters. Or in the case of Ms. Hudson, half of the characters in the film. Luckily, she adds some essential bits of comedy in that capacity as well.
I can't say the plot produces the most exciting of outcomes, but it works. It's at least satisfying, if predictable.
MERE'S OFFICIAL RATING: 3 out of 5 stars
Ok, I don't know if you folks have been playing along at home at all, but we've still got 20 MOVIES and only 37 days to go! So, just keep those sandwiches handy, alright?
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
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