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The Best Part Was The Dog
I wanted to like this movie. I like John Cusak and usually everything he is in. Diane Lane is also usually reliable. I can't really say that they did a bad job or that Dermot Mulroney was bad either. I liked his character though I thought pretty much right off that he was the "too good to be true" guy and was going to end up being a cad. Christopher Plummer was excellent and has been in just about everything he is in lately. He is like a fine wine or an untapped treasure that is we are getting the pleasure of seeing in some fine work. But this movie was just your typical 'You've got mail' 'Sleepless in Seattle' stuff. That is not bad cause I liked those movies but this was just nothing special and completely predictable. <
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>The best part was the dog. A beautiful big old black furry Newfoundland. His performance was at least a 4 star.

It might not be sirloin, but..........
I had a conversation with a friend who was busy panning "Must Love Dogs," the recent Diane Lane/John Cusack movie that is now making the rounds in the video stores. In support of his argument, my friend pointed to the many reviews that panned the movie on sites such as Amazon.com and Rotten Tomatoes. "It's not only `just' a chick flick," my friend said, echoing many reviewers' complaints, "but it's a BAD chick flick." Having seen the movie, however, I must object to this assessment. My take on this film is that it is like going to Denny's for a burger: maybe it's not up to the standards of a pricy steak house, but that doesn't mean it is a bad meal. <
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>This film is standard issue almost every step of the way; there are NO surprises: boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy gets girl back again. It isn't Hamlet; it is basic romantic comedy all the way <
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>But, one thing this film DOES have (in addition to a FANTASTIC soundtrack!) is a cast that handles every line, every quirk, every inside joke and every moment with style, grace and a warm believability. Diane Lane has never been sexier, more appealing, or more likely to have every male in the audience wishing he could meet her in person for even just five minutes. Cusack does not hit a single false note; and their chemistry together is palpable. Stockard Channing and Elizabeth Perkins turn in familiar, well received performances...and Christopher Plummer simply shines. The screenplay, too, should be credited for providing small one-liners that help carry the movie easily from one plot point to the next. <
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>Maybe the best part of the entire exercise, however, was that it featured a cast of ADULTS, who more than ably gave lie to the popular Hollywood concept (Are you listening WB?) that the ups and downs of romance are only for teens and twenty-somethings; indeed the only two twenty-somethings in the film come off quite badly as shallow, brainless, and not worth the time of either rest of the case or the audience. More to the point, perhaps, was the underlying message that maybe it really DOES take some maturity and wrinkles before we truly understand -and deserve- real love. <
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>This film was, right down to the closing a pleasant experience, and watching the credits roll was much like paying the bill after a meal at the local hamburger palace: it certainly wasn't sirloin, but it wasn't bad either. <
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