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Easier Said

2001, Movie, R, 94 mins

Easier Said: Review

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A syrupy comedy of self-actualization that labors under the impression that its observations are fresh when in fact they bear the whiff of a thousand pop-psychology books filtered through Rod McKuen's poetry or the dribbling musical stylings of Yanni. Fed up with editing commercial best-sellers, publishing hack Jack Buck (Bo Clancey) shifts gears after catching his yuppie fiancee, Anna Sophia (Alex McLeod), in bed with his boss's son. Buck's Colorado-based Uncle Harold (Ed Fronheiser) invites him home for a visit, so Jack packs his laptop and goes West with a plan to write the Great American Novel. In addition to getting a cool reception from old-flame Eldora (Tricia Gregory), the girl he left behind, Jack soon locks horns with casino-developer Ciro (Albie Parisella), who wants to gobble up Uncle Harold's Sundance lodge. While helping prop up the failing business, Jack learns some hard truths about himself and about his late father, also aspiring author, who died before finishing his life's work. The question is whether he'll be able to maintain his newfound enlightenment when the seductive Anna Sophia shows up. Writer, director and producer Todd von Mende's script has the formulaic air of an object lesson...or rather, a series of object lessons pieced together from index cards labeled "career vs. love," "art vs. commerce" and the like. The script's themes are spelled out so meticulously that there's nothing left for viewers to do but sit back and let the sitcom cliches was over them: Of course Jack sells his vintage car to save the lodge. The actors are pleasant enough, but the material's amateurishness defeats their efforts to bring their characters to any semblance of real life. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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