Sunday 10 January 2016

Definitely, Maybe (2008 Adam Brooks & scr)

Brooks' only major credit is the Bridget Jones sequel. This is not really a romcom, more of a romantic drama as Ryan Reynolds tells the story of his love life to daughter Abigail Breslin, which features Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks and Isla Fisher (and Kevin Kline).

Introduced us to the 1943 Random House edition of Jane Eyre, with sensational (Nazi-inspired?) wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg:



This is one of the story's best bits, though otherwise there's a lack of humour, surprise, tension, thrills, intelligence and warmth, making it a curiously flat undertaking.

Shot by Florian Ballhaus in Panavision.


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