For a Good Time, Call...
2012 Directed by Jamie Travis
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College ‟frenemies” Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn't mean she won't be your best friend 10 years later.
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While never as outrageous as it tries to be, this comedy about roommates Katie and Lauren (Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller), who become partners in a phone sex business, is at least likeable. Graynor and Miller (who co-wrote the screenplay) play off each other well, and it's nice seeing a comedy that passes the Bechdel test. The movie has a sweetly positive attitude towards kink and sex workers, and the cameos by comedians like Kevin Smith, Seth Rogen and Ken Marino as callers are hilarious. For the most part, though, the movie barely inspires more than mild chuckles. The bland, sitcom-y direction by first time feature filmmaker Jamie Travis works against the performances, and there's barely enough story to fill…
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A pleasant little film that tells the story of two former enemies forced by circumstances to become roommates. The girls end up running a phone sex line together.
It's not always as funny as it tries to be. But the young leads are very likable as they play off each other. One review I read described Blonde Jew Ari Graynor as "Kate Hudson with the soul of Bette Midler", and I think that about describes it. She's sassy, cute, and funny -- and I hope we see a lot more of her. Justin Long plays their gay best friend. As always, he's worth watching, as are some of the cameos trickled throughout the film.
I watched it between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Expendables 2 during a long theater day. It made a refreshing break between Big and Loud.
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If someone should ask me about this movie I would be like "It's stupid and cliché and ridiculous! I mean come on, who in their right mind would want to suffer through one and a half hour of embarrassing phone sex scenes?" And if someone should call it lame and stereotypical, I would be like "I know, right? The sassy homosexual guy with the lapdog who's only purpose is to cheer everyone up and make witty commentaries? Could it be more narrow-minded?!"
But then later, after making sure no one is around, I would put it on and tell it I'm sorry for all the bad things I said because I actually loved it.
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I wasn't really expecting much from "For a Good Time, Call...", but it wasn't horrible. It's the story of two New York girls who need money and decide to start a phone sex line. Obviously this movie is rated R but that's mostly for the raunchy dialogue throughout. It's vulgar but it never goes over the top with it. It's kind of a sweet vulgar. Lauren Miller and Ari Graynor play off each other wonderfully and you totally believe them as best friends. That's probably partly because they are. Also, Lauren Miller is Seth Rogan's wife so his cameo isn't all that surprising. The movie is short and is very predictable. It's not completely predictable as some things that you…
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Saved itself from being god-awful by putting the ladies' friendship first over the other story lines.
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"I love Ari Graynor (literally I do), she's very hot, gorgeous, very talented and versatile as an actor. I also am a fan of Justin Long's. Which is two the reasons why I wanted to see this and it's potentially intriguing idea. This is a pretty decent movie, it's not hilarious or laugh out-loud funny but it has it's charm, some good laughs, crudeness and good chemistry between it's two leads both Graynor & Laura Miller (Seth Rogen's real-life girlfriend). Justin Long has his moments as well as does some nice cameos from the likes of Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith and so on, so on. Decent movie to kill time for 80-85 minutes."
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Nothing incredibly original, but I laughed far more than I thought I would.
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riyl: colors, mediocre rom-coms, dirty talk
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While never as outrageous as it tries to be, this comedy about roommates Katie and Lauren (Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller), who become partners in a phone sex business, is at least likeable. Graynor and Miller (who co-wrote the screenplay) play off each other well, and it's nice seeing a comedy that passes the Bechdel test. The movie has a sweetly positive attitude towards kink and sex workers, and the cameos by comedians like Kevin Smith, Seth Rogen and Ken Marino as callers are hilarious. For the most part, though, the movie barely inspires more than mild chuckles. The bland, sitcom-y direction by first time feature filmmaker Jamie Travis works against the performances, and there's barely enough story to fill…
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This takes the same premise as we see in Two Broke Girls and gives it an all together more vulgar feel - the problem is that Jamie Travis just doesn't seem to have the comedic chops to pull it off.
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Saved itself from being god-awful by putting the ladies' friendship first over the other story lines.
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If someone should ask me about this movie I would be like "It's stupid and cliché and ridiculous! I mean come on, who in their right mind would want to suffer through one and a half hour of embarrassing phone sex scenes?" And if someone should call it lame and stereotypical, I would be like "I know, right? The sassy homosexual guy with the lapdog who's only purpose is to cheer everyone up and make witty commentaries? Could it be more narrow-minded?!"
But then later, after making sure no one is around, I would put it on and tell it I'm sorry for all the bad things I said because I actually loved it.
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The friendship stuff is well-handled and Ari Graynor (or Namesake Graynor as I like to think of her) gives a great, spirited performance. Unfortunately too many of the jokes fall flat and the conflict that arises during the final act feels extremely forced. But there's some fun to be had. Ken Marino wins the prize for: "best well-known actor we see jerking off."
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Just on the wrong side of "too cute" (which I was willing to forgive, but that "I'm coming" reunion at the end was a wink-wink bridge too far), and very much on the wrong side of "ehh, we don't actually have a STORY to tell so much as a bunch of vignettes & post-collegiate-girl-buddy-comedy cliches seasoned with a healthy serving of dirty talk, a lot of contrived drama, & an enviable cameo list." (Ken Marino deserves his moment already, Hollywood.) Nice to see the ladies doing it for themselves, what with Miller & Graynor both credited as producers and Miller co-writing the script as well, but they both deserve better than this.