My One and Only

I really don’t have high hopes for this movie. Judging by the cover of the DVD and what I skimmed from the synopsis on the back, I may accidently forcibly remove one of my digits to distract me from the pain the movie will inflict upon me. Okay, so I have mentally prepared myself, here goes.

Now that my sphincter can unclench itself, let me tell you what I thought of this little piece of American dream, feminist pie. It does a fairly good job of tackling the archaic notion that a woman’s worth lies in her husband, and any man who offers her a hand in marriage has the deed to her life. Here’s the rub, I watched The Killer Inside Me last night, which is such a contradiction in perspective to that era that this movie comes off indecently sweet and idealistic, to the point that I find myself unconsciously feeling for cavities with my tongue. That said, I must applaud Renee Zellweger for her mature take on fading beauty in elder individuals. As the giants of our era shuffle along and make space for the Zack Efron’s of the future, God help us, it is interesting to see movies come along that deal with what it is like to no longer be the freshest fine face on the fabulous front page, such as Red. I feel slightly bad about that last comment; we do have good actors like Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. I thought I had to clarify that to appease the budding trolls. Where was I? Yes right, I was talking about the movie in which the men are mostly jerks and the woman a prone to bouts of sickening naivety. At least the movie is accurate to some degree. If my sentiments about this movie are unclear, I will inform you that the movie has started playing again and I am torn between turning towards the screen and running to the remote and turning it off.

If you enjoy movies set in the 1950’s, have a hard-on for Renee, southern accents and young boys coming of age, or have recently been divorced, then you would probably enjoy this movie. But if you will excuse me, my eyes are starting to water from the pain.

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