review by paul Pro
Take This Waltz 2012
Watched Jul 22, 2012
paul’s review:
I'd heard good things about this, and could not have been more let down.
Michelle Williams gets heckled by a stranger at a medieval tourist attraction, she's visitng there for her work. The guy who heckles her turns up again on her flight back, and get this, is assigned the seat next to her.
That's pretty unlikely conicidence, but as jarring as it is, let it go.
Next their in a cab together and it transpires he lives in the house opposite.
Oh do fuck off.
It gets worse.
Still plausible that she wouldn't know this guy?
She has a porch, they sit outside on this porch. The neighbours door is 20 feet away. He pulls a rickshaw.
So to clarify, michelle williams sits on her porch and has never noticed the rickshaw pulling guy over the road.
She's easy on the eye though bless her, and you do see her naked a fair bit and Sarah Silverman too, but i'm pretty sure at one point Michelle Williams is wearing a merkin. Either that or she needs to tidy up her lady garden.
It wants to be smart and sassy and clever, but it's not.
Rogen is great though, worth a poke to see him.
who wouldn't pay to see Michelle's Merkin?
My two stars were entirely for Rogen who tries his best to add dimension to his flat character. That guy is damned funny.
@David did you find the whole opening set up completely unbelieveable? Or am i over reacting?
Well, the way the film opens made it feel like a whimsical indie romcom, so I kind of expected these coincidences, but once the film progressed and I realised it was trying to be something more, the opening coincidences stuck out as really lazy writing.
Best film of 2012. You're caught up on the most unimportant details.
i completely agree with a lot of your points, but i disliked it for a different reason. as someone who watches a lot of indie romance, this didn't add anything to the genre and didn't provide any new commentary on infidelity in relationships. it's just a waste of time.
@corey always listen to your opinions, and indeed, only watched this after you reviewed it in such glowing terms. So technically, this bad review is all your fault.