Whoa there. In the cold light of day my initial throwaway post seems a bit harsh, and (now that I’ve read it) certainly not in keeping with the rest of the thread. However, I still stand by what I meant.
Of course the three films I mentioned are completely different, but they’re linked in my mind because I saw them all in the same month, they all deal with the human condition and they all left me feeling let down after reading some encouraging reviews which had led me to believe they were going to be my kind of thing.
Yes, but sadly it’s the best I can do. It’s the same feeling I get when I flick on to an episode of Friends by mistake. I’m not against touchy-feelyness (or culture Crispin!) in general. I love American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine, The Royal Tenenbaums, but I suppose those films dealt with relationships in, as I see it, a more mature way that I could identify with, whereas Mr Braff’s flick did not.
But hey, it’s his first film, and I’m obviously in the minority, so good luck to him.