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Movie Reviews of Shopgirl
Movie Review: Outstanding Film with Oscar Worthy Danes
Summary: 5 Stars
I simply loved "shopgirl" and I am tired of people comparing it to "Lost in Translation." They are two very different films. Shopgirl stars Mirabelle (Claire Danes) who is a simple yet lonely girl who has moved from Vermont to LA. She lives alone, and works at Saks. One Day she meets Jeremy (a HILARIOUS Jason Schwartzmen) who is not quite right but a good guy underneath. She soon then meets Ray Porter (Steve Martin) who is a suave, older gentlemen who sprinkles gifts on Mirabelle but lacks in love and commitment. Claire Danes was fantastic in this film and totally deserves an oscar nomination. Jason Schwartzmen is great and Steve Martin does an excellent job writing the script. The cinematography is also outstanding and the only thing that shopgirl and lost in translation have in common. Mirabelle is not cynical, but lonely. This is not a film about choosing between 2 men you love. Both are needed at different points in her life and i like how this film stays true and honest to life. I did like lost in translation, but i like shopgirl better. I like both of them for different reasons because they are both about different types of relationships. This is truly a great find and one that i believe will be a contender at the oscars, even if it remains in the shadows. It should seek a best actress nomination for Danes and a Best Screenplay for Martin. Truly wonderful.Movie Review: The Reality of May December
Summary: 5 Stars
I've listened to the book and now having seen the movie I'm still blown away.
The May/December Romance is perhaps one of comedy's oldest conventions - a convention that's been waiting to be turned on its head - which is exactly what Martin does.
In other films, we laugh as a man runs around with a woman way too young for him. Just look to Steve Martin's own LA Story, which he wrote the screenplay of. In it, he and Sara Jessica Parker play it up. Northern Exposure turned it into a running joke, though addressing it with some sensitivity by making the older man childlike.
But, just as the old secret admirer paradigm has transitioned into the stalker horror show, Shopgirl very quietly, very simply, very beautifully exposes the realities of a May/December romance as an intimate drama, with some comic elements, but still a drama none the less.
Martin is brilliant as is every actor with whom he shares the screen. Clare is breathtaking. Schwartzmann commits himself totally to being the fool of the piece, but is as brilliant in his own way as Martin and Danes.
Having seen this film, with its emotionally distant older man and a wise beyond her years younger woman, I appreciate that behind the jokes we tell and stereotypes we cling to are people and stories of beautiful and sensitive complexity.
Movie Review: Surprisingly moving and funny
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on the novella of the same name by Steve Martin, this deeply moving, sometimes funny film feels like a glimpse into reality for movie watchers. Here we have characters that are truly affected by what takes place around them. That have real emotions and react to real situations. What results is a slowly-unfolding story of love, lust, and how humans deal with it all.
Claire Daines plays a 20-something who moved from Vermont to LA to make a name for herself as an artist. She starts dating a young slacker (Jascon Schwartzman) and soon after also starts dating an older entrepreneur (Steve Martin). Each time she goes on a date with Martin we see the awkwardness that results in an older man pursuing a (much) younger woman. But it's never played off for simple laughs. It is shown to us in a very realistic honest way.
Although the film could be classified as a romantic comedy, or a dark comedy, or a light drama... or something along those lines, I don't think it really falls into any of those categories. It's more the story of a young woman finding her way in life. Claire Danes is remarkable, and so are Martin and Schwartzman. The acting in this film really help set the mood, as does the lighting, and cinematography. It really feels like this film was put together very carefully for our viewing pleasure.
Movie Review: A sweet and poignant story of love's mysterious twists and turns
Summary: 5 Stars
Claire Danes is Mirabelle Buttersfield, a young woman on her own in Los Angeles. Jason Swartzman is Jeremy, a young man living nearby. The two meet in the laundryroom of their apartment complex and strike up a friendship of sorts. Both are aspiring artists - as yet "undiscovered".
Mirabelle spends her days at the upscale Saks Fifth Ave., working at the glove counter - her nights alone - after shopping for groceries at the local market. Then one day, Ray Porter, (Steve Martin) stops at the counter to buy a pair of gloves and Mirabelle's life is suddenly changed. They date, and a relationship begins for both. Mirabelle is ushered into a world of wealth and privilege and - love. Ray, at the age of 50, is charmed and intrigued but, as Mirabelle later discovers, interested in a sexual relationship only.
Claire Danes brings a wonderful sweetness and vulnerability to her role. Martin, a benign selfishness. While he showers her with gifts and trips to exotic places, he misleads her and brings her to tears in the end.
Jeremy, meanwhile, is making his own way in the world with luck and determination, as well as humor. He is disarming and funny and in love with Mirabelle.
A wistful, meandering trip down lover's lane!
Movie Review: Shop Around
Summary: 5 Stars
A third of the books sold in this country are romance novels;
over half of us live alone. This is not GTTW. At the end of the
day most of us wind up with dogs or cats.
Steve Martin, which is a letter off of being Steve Martian, is
brilliant - to me. Of course, I don't watch Seinfeld or hunt or
run with the bulls - pro wresting is an obscurity.
Let's say you have never heard of Steve Martin. Or of his
novella. If you likes them special e-fects and monsters and
gun fights - this will be lost on you.
But. If living is a conundrum. If relationships are impossible.
The WHAT next in life is the greatest puzzle? Who's on first? See Shopgirl.
The look, structure, and music of this film are all beautiful -
but no one dies ( is there an American Film penalty for that?)
there are people talking to people about: intimacy and
in the clumsy way that we do it - wish for or vicariously
wish for LOVE - recognizing that it might be different in Los
Angeles than it is in Nowhere, Iowa, it is still a wish.
Bless you, King Tut.