All I Wish

I love Sharon Stone. I was in the mood for a movie today, this one popped up some where so I said what the heck and purchased the rental. The concept is sweet but this is definitely not the best Sharon Stone flick I've ever seen. The plot was fairly predictable and it just didn't flow well. The whole movie felt a little disjointed throughout, especially towards the end. I think the year over year birthdays could have been presented a little bit better, maybe not so many dang. Im sorry but this movie made Sharon's character seem a little desperate and I didn't like that for her. Tony Goldwyn was believable in his role and he is cute anyways, good job there. And of course who doesn't love the quirkiness and charm of Ellen Burstyn who played her role well. I just felt like overall the movie was disingenuous. I definitely felt like the direction could have been better and the characters could have been a little more developed to improve it. Oh and the roles for Darla, Kimmy and Vanessa made me dislike them immensely. With friends like that who needs enemies? That was weird to watch. Meh, I won't call this movie a total waste of time but I definitely wouldn't watch it again. With Stone, Goldwyn & Burstyn what this movie could have, should have been...we will never know.

I read somewhere that the screenplay for this movie was written with a woman in her mid-twenties in mind for the lead role, and Stone was considered for the role of the mother. Stone made the argument that the story would be more interesting with a more mature woman (her) as the lead. I don't know if it's more interesting, but that certainly explains why her character is so immature and why she is best friends with a young woman almost half her age, and two times more wisdom.

There should have been some extensive re-writing to make this story more believable, and Stone's character less irritating. Come on girl, surely you know this stuff by now!

I was very impressed with the actor who played her love interest - I loved his natural energy and intelligence.

Story is kind of meh but Tony Goldwyn makes it worth the watch. He brings depth and emotion that draws you in and helps you make it to the end.

Really bad movie, boring, predictable characters, poor acting. I gave up after 30 minutes

Not funny, not touching, not clever, not pretty and all of that with a dreadful soundtrack. So technically just a really bad film, but then add in the subject matter; the portrait of a self obsessed drama queen living in a most perverse world created by someone with Hollywood stuck so far up themselves that they have totally lost touch with humanity.