When best friends Abbie (Madonna - EVITA) and Robert (Everett - MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING)--who happens to be gay--engage in an unexpected tryst, they write it off as the result of clouded judgment from too many drinks. However, when Abbie discovers she's pregnant, the two decide to move in together and form a loving, if unconventional, family. Everett sparkles and Madonna oozes her usual cool in this drama/comedy from the director of MIDNIGHT COWBOY.
Sugar coated
The film looks good, and Madonna is surprisingly convincing in a part that surely was written with her in mind. It tackles serious issues concerning the rights of gay men to enjoy the same paternal rights as their straight fellows, but the syrupy gloss spoiled it for me.
Rupert Everett is brilliant, of course, as the gay best friend every woman wants, and the film is worth watching for him alone. The relationship between Robert (Everett) and his son, Sam, works well, but the rest of the movie had an air of unreality that made it difficult to connect with the characters and their easy lifestyle. I just couldn't believe the arrangement could go for 6 years before the cracks began ...
Next Best Thing, The Acclaimed spoof documentary about a dog show from Christopher Guest, the star of Spinal Tap, which captures some of that classic's sublime, improvised comedy
Despite the plethora of big screen mockumentaries which have ridden on the spandex coattails of This Is Spinal Tap, none have come close to matching its near-perfect mixture of spot-on characterisations and sublime one-liners. But then no other filmmakers have thought to recruit the actors who made that largely improvised venture such a joy in the first place.
This is a mistake that Christopher Guest rectifies with the cast of Best In Show, which reunites him with fellow Tap alumni Michael M...
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