First Impression: At first I was going to settle on “Up the Yangtze” when Ellen was at Rogers, but then Kimmy vehemently opposed to watching documentaries and we settled on this unknown little movie.
Afterthoughts: This movie was a pleasant surprise. If I had looked at the DVD cover or watched the trailer, I would never have rented it. Cillian Murphy to me was always the dude with the creepy eyes, and Lucy well, I just didn’t like her. The romance worked solely because of Cillian’s adorable portrayal of such a gullible yet lovable character. It would’ve been even better to cast someone else as the femme fatale (maybe Charlize Theron??). Lucy’s attempt at (faking) drunkenness just made me want to fast forward the scene. A lot of the frontal and overhead shots were a nice nod as well to the film noir genre…which also sadly reminds me of Veronica Mars (dammit!). The story was pretty simple yet quite effective (Kimmy would disagree) because I think deep down everyone craves an adventure…or ten. I have to change my mind about Cillian too; when he was spotting his shades and rocking out in his backyard he was just drop dead gorgeous…ok maybe it’s because I couldn’t see his eyes in that scene.
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