Synopsis
Let's Misbehave!
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
2008 Directed by Stephan Elliott
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Ealing Studios Fragile Films Endgame Entertainment BBC Film Joe Abrams Productions Odyssey Entertainment Prescience
Un matrimonio all'inglese, Könnyed erkölcsök, Una familia con clase, Лёгкое поведение, EASY_VIRTUE, Bons Costumes, Семейна война, Una família amb classe, Lekce neslušného chování, Easy Virtue - Eine unmoralische Ehefrau, Kevytkenkäinen, Un mariage de rêve, קלת דעת, 이지 버츄, Lengvabūdė marti, Wojna domowa, Secrete din trecut, Легкое поведение, Lekcie neslušného správania, Živahna nevesta, Små skandaler, Evlilik Sınavı, Легка поведінка, 水性杨花
God bless John for trying to make this a musical even though literally no other characters were up for it
this bitch really was like if you don't grow tf up i will steal your father colin firth AND his house whilst dancing the tango on the grave of your family estate?? BITCH??? POWER MOVE AFTER POWER MOVE???
honestly this is really chaotic w/ some very questionable costume choices however it's also a lot of fun with a very bop-worthy soundtrack and i absolutely CANNOT stress how much colin firth as a depressed dad sick of his family + the butler not giving a fuck about this rich people nonsense were the two most relatable moods and the only two valid men in this.
it has come to my attention i do not care if a movie is bad as long as ben barnes is singing and colin firth is speaking french and dancing tango
Oh, man. Poor Jessica Biel. She is wildly gorgeous in this, but definitely not up for the gracefully caustic wit needed in the role. She was really struggling playing opposite to Kristin Scott-Thomas.
There was also some wonky characterizations. Having Colin Firth sadly look into fires was not as emotionally revealing as the film seemed to think it was for the audience.
Ben Barnes was such perfect casting though. My goodness. All his really strange random singing of Cole Porter snippets honestly worked on me. Can I get the soundtrack? Would buy. #longlivePrinceCaspian
I can't blame the Jessica Biel for choosing Colin Firth over the boy...He's the ultimate DILF.
Jessica Biel invents homewrecking while smooth jazz plays, so basically this is the ideal film
This is one of the most hysterical movies I've ever seen in how misguided it is. Golden Globe-nominee Jessica Biel kills a dog and Collin Firth wears Mary J Blige's Mudbound sunglasses. It can't decide whether it's a period drama or a vaudeville slapstick, but finding out it's based on a Noel Coward play makes a lot of sense.
I want you all to know about this dog squishing sequence (TW: unseen animal abuse). Jessica Biel is alone in a room and accidentally sits on her new in-law's chihuahua and kills it, we hear squishing sounds and everything, and she stands to look at it, then someone comes in and she sits and squishes again. This happens at…
Ahem, I was warned that Ben Barnes would delightfully sing snatches of Cole Porter throughout this film but I was not ready for Ben Barnes to delightfully sing snatches of Cole Porter throughout this film.