Hey folks, Harry here... Sadly J-Man is here to tell us that IMAGINE ME & YOU is just not really up to par. Sounds like a suburban romantic comedy lesbian version of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN with none of the heart, soul or elegance of that film. Oh well, they can't all be homeruns!
Hi all at AICN land. J-Man, here. Just caught a
preview of the new romantic comedy IMAGINE ME & YOU,
starring Piper Perabo, and one word sums it up nicely:
trite.
Lemme explain. Rachel (Perabo), on the day of her
wedding to Hector (Mathew Goode), spots Luce (Lena
Headey), the flower girl, across the room and falls in
love. The rest of the movie will be spent with Rachel
going back and forth on her feelings for her new
husband and this new woman.
One problem -- right off the bat, there's no chemistry
between the two women. None. Could it be because in
the very first scene we see Rachel sitting on her bed
in the early morning, staring at her alarm clock,
knowing it's the big day and too happy to sleep? Or,
that she seems perfectly ALREADY in love with her
husband/"best friend"? Take your pick. Either way,
when they first officially meet at the punch bowl,
there's no connection.
Now, Rachel obviously can't get this woman out of her
pretty head, but it just isn't a palpable attraction.
More like an itch she's got to scratch, and 95-minutes
devoted to that is making too big a deal, if you ask
me. Luce herself keeps avoiding the issue ("never
wreck a couple"), and that ought to be the last of it,
walk away, on with the show... but, the film keeps
force feeding these characters to us with kid gloves.
I'm all about girl/girl relationships, but I've never
been more thoroughly unengaged in a couple than I was
here. Not for lack of trying; both actresses are
quite fetching and yummy. But, this Rachel chick
simply should not be having doubts about her sexuality
or marriage, or anything.. except that a writer wrote
her that way.
And, don't even get me started on how everyone just
steps aside toward the end and rolls out the red
carpet for them. Sheesh.
Plusses: the kid with all kinds of questions, like
"When do fish sleep?" and "Why is the alphabet in that
order?" Coop (Darren Boyd), who calls lesbians
"vagitarians", and has the best line in the movie,
"Later on tonight, we're gonna fall madly into bed."
I could watch a whole movie based on his character.
That's about it, though. Repetitive and blase. Rent
JESSICA STEIN, instead.
