We Don’t Live Here Anymore… directed by John Curran, who made “Praise,” in 1998
The Plot: 2 Arty literary couples. Couple #1 is neat clean and tidy. Couple #2 is messy, and disorganized. Husband #2 falls for the wife #1. Wife #2 has fling with husband #1. They all scream and shout at each other. Have sex in crazy places. Against the wall, against a tree, against each other. Sex, love, betrayal and alot of deep and meaningful talk makes for chick flick heaven!
Who: Naomi Watts, Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern and Peter Krause
Acting: Naomi is fabulous, Mark is great to look at, Laura is excellent. Peter could do better.
Interiors: big, arty, suburban houses where a university writing professor might live. Peeling walls, floorboards and cool black and white shots on the wall. They don’t live there any more but I could.
Designer inspiration: a bit marc Jacobs, a bit Target. A bit of a worry.
Salon de Beaute: can we talk about Laura’s hair? What is it with that perm? Was it supposed to reflect her permed frizzy character? Mark doesn’t shave and looks sexy, and Naomi is chic.
Blood’n’ guts: Well, it is an anatomy of adultery so, of course, there is going to be bloodnguts even if it is just only metaphysically speaking.
Car chases: no, but Mark rides a push bike and there are car wrecks of relationships everywhere..
Smooches: every seond scene ( it’s a chick flick)
Smokin’ smooches: man, it’s on fire! Scorching! Call 000
Botox: lies, cheating and adultery = botox. It makes for a lot of wrinkles.
Number of times the F word is used: lost count (then take the o out of count and you have the other word used too. oooh)
When Harry met Sally romance Richter scale: It’s goes up then plummets right down again.
See it or donate to the Prada bag fund? This movie is just like next season: it’s all about layer upon on layer. See it and love it. ( and any woman who has a glass of wine instead of doing the housework gets my vote).
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