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Sweet November
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Keanu Reeves,
Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Liam Aiken |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Web Site: |
www.sweetnovember.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Lots of sex talk
so it's up to you. |
| Date Movie: |
She make you take
her after seeing "Haniball". |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Close but no
nudity. Perky nipples, bras, and see-thru shirts. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Some chuckles. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Sara explaining to
Nelson how he would spend the night of November 2nd at home,
and the scene with little Abner racing his boat. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nelson says to
Sara "Listen up, Moonbeam..." |
| Directed By: |
Patrick O'Connor |
| Produced By: |
Erwin Stoff, Deborah
Aal, Steven Reuther, Elliott Kastner |
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Sweet November
A Movie Review |
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There was a tagline for "Sweet November"
which called it the date movie of the year. Hello? It’s February.
What an easy cop-out. Sure, bring her along (actually she’ll
probably drag you along because you made her see
"Hannibal"), and dudes, Charlize looks great and almost
shows a boob, but I’ll tell you what, "Sweet November"
is not exactly a pick-me-upper kind of date movie. And if you think
that ruins the movie, I guess you didn’t see the trailers.
In "Sweet November" you get Nelson (Keanu Reeves). He’s
an advertising guy who is all work and no play (except for jazzin’
his girlfriend). At the DMV (that’s the Department of Motor
Vehicles for you people who don’t drive) he is taking his driver’s
test and tries to cheat off of Sara (Charlize Theron). As it usually
goes for the nice people, well, she gets busted for cheating. Sara
feels there is payback in order, or at least Nelson should drive her
around, but her ultimate goal is making Nelson sleep with her for a
month. Okay, it’s not that simple because I’m sure most dudes
would say "Alright, I’ll sleep with you for a month with no
strings attached, especially since you’re hot!", but, in
actuality, she wants him to move in so she can fix his miserable,
but rich, life. At first he wouldn’t consider,but now he’s got
nothing going because he just pitched the All-American hot dog as a
sex food and lost his job. Such is advertising.
So, yea, you can guess it - Nelson changes his tune, Sara shows
him the light, and low and behold they fall in love. Here’s the
problem, and if you saw the trailers you know, Sara’s not well. I
don’t mean like she’s wacko, well, she is slightly eccentric,
but she is sick. And that makes for the not exactly a pick-me-upper
kind of date movie.
I’ll leave the synopsis at that. I think I’ve ruined enough,
but I will say that the movie does have its moments. Somehow Keanu
and Charlize have a chemistry. They had it in "Devil’s
Advocate" and they develop it here, too. Also, some of the
scenes hit a little too close to home and some are a little cute.
Take, I guess, it was probably November 2nd in the movie,
as Sara explains what will happen when Nelson goes home. She
explains, sort of, and maybe not in this order, that he will get
home, turn on the TV and get bored. Then he will go on his computer
and get bored. Then he will surf the internet and get bored. And
then he will think of her. Now that I think about it, moving in with
Sara for a month might not be that bad because other than the think
of her part, well, I was in the movie theater without a date.
I can’t say that "Sweet September" is a bad movie, it
just isn’t great. If you’ve seen what’s already in theaters,
it’s a good movie for the two of you. Keanu bares his chest for
the dudettes and Charlize looked like she wanted the air
conditioning turned up a bit for the dudes. It’s 3 stars out of 5
for "Sweet November." It’s cute but also kind of sad.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
