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...cringe-worthy is the film’s use of medical conditions like incontinence and epilepsy as a collective crutch for cheap, physical humor. Turns out seizures aren’t that funny, even when they involve failed fellatio. The firemen—only tangentially related to the epilepsy subplot??serve as one of the movie’s few redeeming motifs. In their absurd and relentless pursuit of Tucker and Eugene, they provide a refreshing shtick in the otherwise recycled nature of “Miss March.” Craig Robinson’s performance...
...muddled story line, Winterbottom sets up some nice parallels, such as the birth of the film (the film ends with a screening of the film within a film) echoing Tristram’s birth in the novel. But the majority of viewers and Coogan—in a hilarious subplot??have not read the book, making these sort of connections nice in theory, but unhelpful to viewers...
...most underused resource is Naomi Watts. Watts plays Lila, Dr. Foster’s once suicidal painter-girlfriend. However, her character adds so little to the storyline, one wonders if her only purpose is to serve as eye candy for the testosterone-charged twenty-something viewer. Her subplot??Dr. Foster discovers that Lila is no longer taking her Klonopin pills because she claims she can’t truly paint when she’s on the medication—unfortunately, fizzles out with pedantic apologetic dialogue, like “We have to trust each other...
...Jean’s (Sandra Bullock) maid, for instance, speaks English but lapses into Spanish for basic words the gringo audience will be able to understand: words like “sí” and “señora”. This particular subplot??s conclusion has lily-white Jean learn to appreciate her helpful Mexican servant with an insipid, cringe-worthy character reversal that basically materializes out of thin...
...herself outside of her existence as an undeniably hard-core Mormon, and a student at the world’s premiere Mormon institution, Brigham Young University. Watching her change and become exposed to all the scandalous goings-on of her housemates was definitely the most entertaining “subplot?? ever on “The Real World.” “Julie had obviously led a very sheltered life. She would have had a fascinating growth arc with just about anyone we stuck her with,” said Fahey. It was probably good, then...
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