motheronthebus

Early on, I made the Woody Allen connection, thinking to myself, "This beautiful woman sees herself as a Woody-Allen-Nebbish-Type." Incredible! And, sex, sex, sex, everywhere there is sex, just like in real life. And also, just like in Woody Allen movies! Thought her take on seeing sex from the American (prudish) point of view and seeing it from the French (free and easy) point of view was interesting and funny. Weaving a smart plot and clever one-liners together was quite brilliant, too. (Ala Woody Allen!) I agree that Delpy did a great job on this movie and that it's something she and her family should be very proud of. She created a real work of art.

Absolutely fabulous sets and special effects. It was fun to see Anne Meara interact with her son Ben Stiller -- and the dry humor was not lost, "I thought we felt a connection," "No, no connection." Ha. Ha. Same with the line "I won't quit you," from Jedediah to Octavius. Ha. I get it. In the same way that the T.Rex kindled interest in the Museum of Natural History, this movie will (hopefully) kindle youngsters interest in History and as such, I consider it a great tool for the classroom. Very good acting all around. Photography was outstanding -- great framing and many close up shots. The only downside was that it was just a little too unbelievable for anyone over the age of 6 or so.

I liked this film but I would've liked it much more if the dialog had been kicked up a few decibels and the musical score had been nearly killed off. I watched on DVD, so fortunately, I had the option of pressing hard on volume up during the dialog and pressing hard and fast on volume down and sometimes even mute during the music. Not that the score was distasteful at all, in fact, I thought it was good and very appropriate for the film. It was just that the volume itself was inappropriate. Perhaps the sound editor was afraid moviegoers would drift off asleep and s/he felt it dutiful to blast the sound out to ensure viewers wakeful alertness. At any rate, movie-good, sound editing-bad, very bad.