Amanda & Jack Go Glamping

Great music by The Cure and other English bands accompany this genuine and entertaining movie about a couple on the edge of divorce.

The best thing about this movie is Andrew Bird's song, Sovay. If I hadn't watched this not-quite-awful movie, I would never have discovered Bird's music. I've spent more time listening to music from his catalog--Cracking Codes, Sisyphus, Capital Crimes--than I did watching this movie. And that's been time well spent!! The next best thing about this movie? The soundtrack as a whole. The songs chosen for the film as well as the score are really, really good. It's sad that not many people will hear BC Smith's score or the songs music supervisor, Linda Cohen, chose. The song playing during the credits, The Lovecats by The Cure (Japanese Whispers, 1983) was a perfect choice. (The title sounds as if it were written in the 60s!) If it weren't for the music, I'd be looking for the 91 minutes I lost.

I'm going to explain the plot in three sentences: Husband and wife go on a private camping trip to fix problems in marriage. Wife wants to spent more time with hotter guy she "finds" on the trip and tells husband to get over everything. Wife doesn't unstand husbands great discomfort at this idea.

Not very good at all, mainly watched to see what they meant by 'glamping'. The Green Acres camping complex was cool to see as I've ran a camping Airbnb. The dad is a total dumbass and I really need to question his inability to change his clothing after he got tobacco spit on him and blood splattered all over him even though he is dragging a suitcase full of supposed clothing behind him for miles upon miles while sweating in his clothing. No sense there at all, but his character has no sense in the whole movie.

I only watched this because I like Amy Acker and David Arquette and that's really the only reason to watch it, and sadly, is not enough. The script is boring and lifeless. I don't even know why it's listed as a romantic COMEDY because there is zero attempts at humor (beyond naming the Donkey Quxiote). But more than just dull the script is predictable. Once you find out David is playing a writer if you predict that his first book was very successful but that he's struggled since then and after moping around the whole movie it will conclude with him finding a fresh perspective on life and re-committing himself to his writing, then you're right. It's not a spoiler to say that's what happens because it's so clear from the start that that is what is going to happen. That's how the whole movie goes. She'll be temped to cheat on him, he'll make a big romantic gesture, blah blah blah. Just google "romantic comedy tropes" and go down the checklist if you bother to watch this.

I wish these two charming actors would be in a movie I could endorse but this movie is just a complete waste of everyone's time. Sorry!