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Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock ... how can you go wrong?!
Very humorous dark comedy with a serious touch of humanity. Some may not be prepared for some of the shocking violence though - they are both sudden and surprising scenes that fit with the story but both of which you WON'T be prepared for. You might want to watch it before you let your kids see it, I don't suggest bringing them with you cause, well, there are some bloody scenes.
These aren't central to the film though. They are actually just "world of the absurd", make sense with the plot, but are ment to be foils to the bright and hopeful innocence of Betty (Zellweger).
Zellweger does a great job as a cracked woman seeing only the up side of life even as she knows it hasn't been too good to her. Which is why you root for her to get her own and are always on her side ...
You know, the thing about Zellweger that I realized when I saw her in Jerry Maguire, is that she has one of these faces that makes you RESPOND. I mean, if she squints her eyes, you do too. If she smiles, you do too. If she tries to hold back from crying while baring her soul and gets choked up, you do too ... I don't know, maybe it's a female thing. Believe me, I tried to fight it but I just like this kid so much I can't help it. So, this is a movie that does a GREAT job with that way she has about her. You'll know what I mean when you see the effect she has on people in the movie.
Just read an article on her in Vanity Fair. Interviewer found she had a great big Texan heart and a laugh to go with it ... And no matter what I've seen her do on screen, you always see it in her there too.
Can't forget Morgan Freeman ... he was loveably "loose" in this film. I like him as a bad guy, even then he has ethics and manners. As for Chris Rock, loud as usual but he provides comic relief.
Very humorous dark comedy with a serious touch of humanity. Some may not be prepared for some of the shocking violence though - they are both sudden and surprising scenes that fit with the story but both of which you WON'T be prepared for. You might want to watch it before you let your kids see it, I don't suggest bringing them with you cause, well, there are some bloody scenes.
These aren't central to the film though. They are actually just "world of the absurd", make sense with the plot, but are ment to be foils to the bright and hopeful innocence of Betty (Zellweger).
Zellweger does a great job as a cracked woman seeing only the up side of life even as she knows it hasn't been too good to her. Which is why you root for her to get her own and are always on her side ...
You know, the thing about Zellweger that I realized when I saw her in Jerry Maguire, is that she has one of these faces that makes you RESPOND. I mean, if she squints her eyes, you do too. If she smiles, you do too. If she tries to hold back from crying while baring her soul and gets choked up, you do too ... I don't know, maybe it's a female thing. Believe me, I tried to fight it but I just like this kid so much I can't help it. So, this is a movie that does a GREAT job with that way she has about her. You'll know what I mean when you see the effect she has on people in the movie.
Just read an article on her in Vanity Fair. Interviewer found she had a great big Texan heart and a laugh to go with it ... And no matter what I've seen her do on screen, you always see it in her there too.
Can't forget Morgan Freeman ... he was loveably "loose" in this film. I like him as a bad guy, even then he has ethics and manners. As for Chris Rock, loud as usual but he provides comic relief.
