Funny People

Okay for a movie called Funny People I guess I naively thought this was going to be a really funny movie...well it isn't. It is really more a drama about a famous comedian (Adam Sandler) who finds out he might not have much longer to live and realizes that his life is really pretty shallow. He doesn't have any real friends and he messed up his relationship with the one woman he ever loved. If it wasn't for Seth Rogen this movie would have been completely awful, but he made it slightly bearable to watch.

Idiocracy

Do you ever wonder what would happen to the world if only the least intelligent people procreated? This movie tries to jokingly show what that world would look like. Luke Wilson stars in this comedy about a really backwards world where he wakes up one day and is the smartest man on the planet. A silly but oddly enjoyable movie, but it makes you think about whether something similar could be our future.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

When two young American girls decide to spend the summer in Catalonia they never expect to have an adventure quite like they end up having when they meet artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem). Between the seduction attempts and his crazy ex-wife played by Penelope Cruz, Juan definitely gives them a summer to remember. In typical Woody Allen style this is a different movie that you are not really sure what you thought at the end of it.

Lars and the Real Girl

Lars played by Ryan Gosling is a lonely man who for some reason has a fear of physical contact and affection from others. One day a co-worker shows him a website where you can order a realistic doll and Lars soon has a new companion that he refuses to admit is not real. His family and friends go along with him as he attempts to put his life back together. I actually enjoyed this movie. Even though it was very different it was sad and a little funny.

Southland Tales

I "think" this movie is about an actor who wakes up one day and has amnesia and somehow he is connected to a porn star, policeman, and war vet. This movie was so bad I shut it off half way through because I really couldn't get what was going on. Disappointing because it had quite a few good actors in it.

Running With Scissors

This is the story of poor Augusten whose alcoholic father leaves and then his unstable mother gives him to her therapist Dr. Finch to raise. Needless to say Dr. Finch's family is rather odd, so the challenge is for Augusten to survive until he is free of his natural family and his "adopted" family. Great performance by Annette Bening as Augusten's crazy mother.