3 out of 5 stars
this was a really DARK and depressing movie about a batshit crazy middle aged woman, who randomly decides to wreck her ex-BF/high school sweetheart’s marriage and win his heart back. too bad for her...almost 20 years have past and he probably doesn’t feel the same way he felt when he was 17 and in “love”? :P
so, this batshit crazy woman happens to be mercury, MN native now young adult fiction writer mavis gary. (charlize theron does bitchy VERY well- it’s scary even!) mavis is 37 years old, drinks diet coke religiously, watches the kardashians religiously, and can’t seem to let go of her high school years. she lives in a small apartment in downtown minneapolis or the “mini apple”, writes chapters via her white mac book for her waverly prep series (which she’s only just a ghost writer), and goes on OKcupid dates with randoms. then, one day while she’s trying to write chapter 1, she checks her e-mail and comes across a e-announcement announcing the birth of buddy slade’s daughter. buddy slade (mr. america AKA patrick wilson) happened to be mavis’s HS sweetheart back in the day, and somehow in that alcoholic brain of hers, she decides it’s time to win his heart back! why, you ask? who the hell knows... blame it on the maker’s mark? :P so, mavis drives back home to mercury, MN in her red mini cooper, along with doggie dolce in the back seat, checks her ass into the hampton inn, and begins “operation win buddy slade back”. but...not before she finds a bar first... she ends up in a place called woody’s, where she meets matt freehauf (patton oswalt- GREAT job!), whom she remembers as the “hate crime” guy. as it turns out, matt was gay-bashed in HS by a bunch of asshole jocks who thought he was gay, but he wasn’t... somehow, the prom queen and the gay-bashed theater geek bond over some scotch 20 some years later. life is twisted, is it not? anywayz...matt tries to convince mavis that her plan to win back buddy is stupid/CRAZY, but does she listen to sane matt? hahahaha, mavis only cares about mavis... :P
this one came from the minds of screenwriter diablo cody, who wrote juno and jennifer’s body, and director, jason reitman, who directed both juno and up in the air. the movie is well edited with lots of quirks, dark humor, and good writing, but... this one fell short because mavis could have been more developed (matt too), and you never get the sense that she decides to grow from this experience/humiliation. (unlike juno) one can’t help but hate on bitchy mavis, but at the same time, you feel sorry for her because she is clinically depressed. the bitch tries SO HARD to pretend her life is better than those living in boring mercury, but fact of the matter is...buddy and his wife are legitimately happy. (and mavis can’t STAND that!) this one should have been funnier, but wasn’t... bah, i want a movie like juno back! :/
so, this batshit crazy woman happens to be mercury, MN native now young adult fiction writer mavis gary. (charlize theron does bitchy VERY well- it’s scary even!) mavis is 37 years old, drinks diet coke religiously, watches the kardashians religiously, and can’t seem to let go of her high school years. she lives in a small apartment in downtown minneapolis or the “mini apple”, writes chapters via her white mac book for her waverly prep series (which she’s only just a ghost writer), and goes on OKcupid dates with randoms. then, one day while she’s trying to write chapter 1, she checks her e-mail and comes across a e-announcement announcing the birth of buddy slade’s daughter. buddy slade (mr. america AKA patrick wilson) happened to be mavis’s HS sweetheart back in the day, and somehow in that alcoholic brain of hers, she decides it’s time to win his heart back! why, you ask? who the hell knows... blame it on the maker’s mark? :P so, mavis drives back home to mercury, MN in her red mini cooper, along with doggie dolce in the back seat, checks her ass into the hampton inn, and begins “operation win buddy slade back”. but...not before she finds a bar first... she ends up in a place called woody’s, where she meets matt freehauf (patton oswalt- GREAT job!), whom she remembers as the “hate crime” guy. as it turns out, matt was gay-bashed in HS by a bunch of asshole jocks who thought he was gay, but he wasn’t... somehow, the prom queen and the gay-bashed theater geek bond over some scotch 20 some years later. life is twisted, is it not? anywayz...matt tries to convince mavis that her plan to win back buddy is stupid/CRAZY, but does she listen to sane matt? hahahaha, mavis only cares about mavis... :P
this one came from the minds of screenwriter diablo cody, who wrote juno and jennifer’s body, and director, jason reitman, who directed both juno and up in the air. the movie is well edited with lots of quirks, dark humor, and good writing, but... this one fell short because mavis could have been more developed (matt too), and you never get the sense that she decides to grow from this experience/humiliation. (unlike juno) one can’t help but hate on bitchy mavis, but at the same time, you feel sorry for her because she is clinically depressed. the bitch tries SO HARD to pretend her life is better than those living in boring mercury, but fact of the matter is...buddy and his wife are legitimately happy. (and mavis can’t STAND that!) this one should have been funnier, but wasn’t... bah, i want a movie like juno back! :/
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