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...characters are supposed to be married. As the two fend off crooked cops, mob bosses, and tattooed criminals, all the while cracking jokes, their romance seems to be the least important element in the film. So when the two do go through the motions of couples in other romantic comedies??including moments of communication breakdown, self-awareness, and atonement—they feels out of place and slow the movie down considerably...
...when volatile explosions of feces constitute the film’s only real thread of comedy. In a world where boys will be boys and girls will be their playthings, “Miss March” slinks into a well-established lineup of testosterone-fueled “comedies?? undercut by a dearth of real humor. The film lacks its own voice, and its characters are in an incessant struggle to find a wit that is uniquely theirs. Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore—two of the actors from IFC?...
...their imaginative excesses often require more creativity than one needs to write dialogue of the “It’s gonna blow!” variety. In the summer of ’98, the only two movies that I paid to see twice were extreme comedies??There’s Something About Mary and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (which, admittedly, was an arthouse pukefest, rather than a mainstream one). And two of the best things about the summer of ’99 were American Pie and the South Park movie...
...longtime friend round out the leading roles. Even with its all-star cast, Town and Country has had a long and arduous journey through the Hollywood studio system. Costing an estimated $80 million to make—a far cry from the minimalist budgets of most romantic comedies??the film has gone through about two years of shoots and delayed re-shoots. Originally scheduled for release in May of 1999, it is now scheduled to hit theaters today...
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