2009
Plot: She was a lot more fun when she was young.
Eric: Kelly made me go to this because I took her to Avatar. She loved Avatar, but was the bargain good for me? Maybe… I do actually like British historical movies—as long as they're not based on Jane Austen books.
(3 paws)
Kelly: Awesome movie! I knew next to nothing about Queen Victoria in her younger years. I tend to think of her as the sourpuss in black. It was an eye-opening movie (and Eric didn't snore too loudly).
(4 paws)
2005
Plot: A Memphis pimp experiencing a mid-life crisis has rap star aspirations.
Eric: Don’t watch this movie or that song will be in your head forever. Watch Gilligan’s Island reruns instead.
(3 paws)
Kelly: Did you know you can sing the words of Amazing Grace to the tune from Gilligan’s Island? Anyway, the movie was pretty good. They managed to make a pimp sympathetic, and that’s saying something. Evidently, it’s hard out there for a pimp. Oh, rats. Now I have that song in my head again.
(3 paws)
Plot: The best billion-dollar James Cameron film since Titanic.
Eric: I agree that the story was an old plot a new planet. But the visual creation was magical and worth seeing. Oh, wait! Everybody has seen it…in 3D of course.
(5 paws)
Kelly: I don’t think I blinked in two and a half hours.
(4 paws)
Plot: Holmes pursues Lord Blackwood, a serial killer who comes back from the dead.
Eric: It is elementary, my dear Kelly: I was investigating evidence of a good movie, but I found no clues to prove my theory.
(2 paws)
Kelly: Get over yourself, my dear Eric. I thought the action was awesome, the story was fun and fast, and Rachel McAdams’ costumes kicked butt.
(4 paws)
2000
Plot: A big radio antenna in the middle of an Australian sheep pasture transmits TV signals of the first moon walk to the rest of the world.
Eric: A very cute movie—one of my all time favorites; you’re “stuffed” if you don’t see it!
(5 paws)
Kelly: Sweet, quirky movie. Lots of interesting and fun characters.
(4 paws)
2005
Plot: This movie had nothing to do with cetaceans, or crustaceans.
Eric: I can’t stand movies about boring academic, literary snobs. Those people are so out of touch….ick. Good thing Kelly and I are interesting, fun literary snobs.
(1 paws)
Kelly: These people are just mean—children and adults alike. I get that the father is a sad failure hiding behind a shield of mental superiority; I get that the mother wants more out of life; I get that the kids are confused. Who cares? There’s no excuse for the brutal, selfish way they all relate to each other.
(1 paws)
2005
Plot: A laid-off shipyard foreman decides he doesn’t need a boat to cross the English Channel, anyway.
Eric: This is a little gem of a movie, I highly recommend it. I appreciate the central character’s desire to accomplish a feat of physical prowess to overcome life-changing disappointments. I’ve been there.
(4 paws)
Kelly: Great movie! All of the characters were interesting, and who doesn’t love a movie where the little guy goes for a big dream?
(4 paws)
1999
Plot: A sixteen-year-old girl screams her way into history.
Eric: This is the second time Kelly has tried to rent the TV movie Joan of Arc from 1999. This movie is not that one, either. At least this was not a silent film…I wish it had been.
(2 paws)
Kelly: Two strikes. I hope the next one is the one I really wanted to see. This Joan was very annoying. I’m surprised anyone got behind her in battle.
(1 paws)
2007
Plot: This movie doesn't add up.
Eric: I think the producers of this movie must have flunked algebra.
(1 paws)
Kelly: Eric and I got married on the 23rd of February. OH MY GOD!!!!!
(1 paws)
1987
Plot: How to have fun storming the castle...
Eric: I know something you don’t know…I am left handed. Anybody want a peanut?
(5 paws)
Kelly: We actually agree that this is a classic. Inconceivable!
(5 paws)
1997
Plot: A grumpy, bigoted, OCD romance novelist is taught his place by a gay man, a strong-willed waitress, and a toy dog.
Eric: If you believe that Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt can be romantically involved, then we have a bridge and a relevant movie review website to sell you; nevertheless, one of my favorite movies.
(4 paws)
Kelly: Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. Did I mention I really like this movie? Rent it—even if you’ve seen it before.
(4 paws)
2005
Plot: Big city art dealer meets her southern, small town in-laws for the first time.
Eric: Cute movie; funny characters. Whatever.
(2 paws)
Kelly: Great movie! There were a lot of truths in there. I thought the unassuming way each scene unfolded was very authentic and touching. Everyone had their own flaws…and their endearing characteristics.
(4 paws)
2006
Plot: Rescue yourself by removing this movie from your queue.
Eric: Stupid. Don't rent this movie. Ever.
No vote
Kelly: What an annoying group of guys! I would like to forget this movie. We couldn’t finish it.
No vote
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2001
Plot: A lonely literature professor dying of breast cancer tells her story in the first person.
Eric: This is my favorite Emma Thompson movie. I felt heartbroken that this woman had no family to care for her; but the compassion she receives in the end from her nurse blew me away. Get the Kleenex out when the woman's tough, old college professor visits her in her hospital room near the end.
(4 paws)
Kelly: Ditto. It was a four-Kleenex movie--and totally worth it.
(4 paws)
1991
Plot: Politics, back-stabbing, jealousy, and other mayhem characterize four concubines in a turn-of-the-century Chinese home.
Eric: I was surprised that a household ordered by culture and intense tradition cultivated so much wackiness. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the man married FOUR wives. If it were me, I would have raised a white flag instead.
(3 paws)
Kelly: Could we just once watch an Asian film where most of the women don't die or go crazy?!
(2 paws)