So bewildering it's almost entertaining, this comedy of fiftysomethings and their extramarital affairs is one of those films you can actually see flailing for life. Less a movie than a series of
House Beautiful spreads, it tries out various story ideas in its attenuated attempt to get underway — careening, for no particular reason, from New York to Paris and back — before shrugging its shoulders and becoming another movie altogether: one set in Mississippi and on Long Island. Then, halfway through, we're off to Sun Valley, Idaho, where the up-till-then naturalistic film abruptly becomes a surreal farce — THE ADDAMS FAMILY scripted by Hemingway. ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins