Call me bewitched but I found this really charming. It doesn’t waste any screen time (love how it introduces the “want to be normal” crisis right off the bat), and the many narrative states (on TV, in real-life, in a dream, in an alternative timeline, under a spell) put a unique twist on the typical romantic arc. Ferrell and Kidman are both engaging in their own way, and the side characters have their moments too (Nina especially: “We could electrocute him. There’s a ton of wires around here”).
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7/10 seems a low mark for a movie you have nothing negative to say about or is it just that romcoms don’t deserve higher ratings as a genre?
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no, it doesn’t necessarily have to do with the genre– 7 is just my rating for a “good” movie. there’s nothing particularly wrong with this one, but nothing that blows me away either!
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Wow I haven’t thought about this movie in years. This was one of those that came out during the height of Will Ferrell’s success and then everybody just sort of forgot about it.
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i was pleasantly surprised by it! definitely a lot better than some of the other ones Ferrell was in around that time!
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