It's a talky film right from the get-go, and though it clocks in at about two hours, it seems like much more time has passed by the time it's over. Are you interested in it?
December 1, 2006 (Press Release) --
Aslow-paced relationship drama may be a tough sell to moviegoers seeking "date night" fare, but for anyone interested in seeing a thoughtful, insightful and painfully honest film about intimacy between couples, "Flannel Pajamas" is it.
It means that either writer-director Jeff Lipsky has a problem with pacing or he's done a solid job of unraveling the entirety of a relationship.
Stuart (Justin Kirk) and Nicole (Julianne Nicholson) meet during a set-up in a diner. As they plod through the usual first-date questions -- What do you do? Where are you from? Do you have any brothers or sisters? -- they're giddy with the anticipation that this could actually work out. Never mind that Stuart essentially has told her he lies for a living.
He writes blurbs and "creates buzz" about Broadway shows to drum up ticket sales. He gives her a couple of examples and he's so convincing that she finds herself asking, "Is that true?" even after he's told her he's made it all up.
Nicole, in turn, makes a point of telling him she's honest to a fault, and we believe her. "Both my parents are alcoholics," she says. That five-word sentence says so much yet Stuart doesn't get it right away. "You're not a listener," she tells him much later in the film. And she's right, but she, too, realizes a lot of things too late.
Sometimes we fall for the wrong person because we believe that old adage that opposites attract, or because our friends and family caution us against it and we want to prove them wrong, or simply because it's been a long time since we've felt connected to someone. Little red flags often go overlooked when romance is overdue.
Despite their differences -- she's Catholic, he's Jewish; she's in debt, he's a saver; she's from a big family, he small -- they cling to each other via sexual chemistry and a dysfunctional symbiosis. When Stuart proposes in bed one night, Nicole asks him why he wants to marry her. He answers, "It's time for me to take care of someone." She accepts that and, in fact, seems to like the thought of being taken care of.
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POSTED BY TERESA BUDASI
It means that either writer-director Jeff Lipsky has a problem with pacing or he's done a solid job of unraveling the entirety of a relationship.
Stuart (Justin Kirk) and Nicole (Julianne Nicholson) meet during a set-up in a diner. As they plod through the usual first-date questions -- What do you do? Where are you from? Do you have any brothers or sisters? -- they're giddy with the anticipation that this could actually work out. Never mind that Stuart essentially has told her he lies for a living.
He writes blurbs and "creates buzz" about Broadway shows to drum up ticket sales. He gives her a couple of examples and he's so convincing that she finds herself asking, "Is that true?" even after he's told her he's made it all up.
Nicole, in turn, makes a point of telling him she's honest to a fault, and we believe her. "Both my parents are alcoholics," she says. That five-word sentence says so much yet Stuart doesn't get it right away. "You're not a listener," she tells him much later in the film. And she's right, but she, too, realizes a lot of things too late.
Sometimes we fall for the wrong person because we believe that old adage that opposites attract, or because our friends and family caution us against it and we want to prove them wrong, or simply because it's been a long time since we've felt connected to someone. Little red flags often go overlooked when romance is overdue.
Despite their differences -- she's Catholic, he's Jewish; she's in debt, he's a saver; she's from a big family, he small -- they cling to each other via sexual chemistry and a dysfunctional symbiosis. When Stuart proposes in bed one night, Nicole asks him why he wants to marry her. He answers, "It's time for me to take care of someone." She accepts that and, in fact, seems to like the thought of being taken care of.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
POSTED BY TERESA BUDASI
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