Movie Review: "In Her Shoes"
On the surface, this movie is about sisters who love to hate each other. If Toni Collette were not in it, i wouldn't have given it a second glance. But, i trust her, so i went and saw it with Danielle. Thankfully, it was more than just a bickering-sisters chick flick, w/a really good love story mixed in for Toni's character, Rose. It's about a family coming to terms w/a suicide and everything else is a direct or indirect result of that incident. Relative unknown Mark Feuerstein is flawless as Simon Stein, the coworker and foodie that pursues Rose with such confidence and tenderness that i now have a huge crush on him. Toni, of course, is fantastic, as is Shirley MacLaine, who never does what i expect her to do and always brings such honest nobility to her roles.
Cameron Diaz is Rose's slutty sister Maggie, who does the ultimate betrayal (as in, 'oh no she di-nt!') as further proof of how screwed up she is. Cameron Diaz rarely surprises me, and this was no exception. She's niether bad nor good in this movie, but whatever shortcomings she had as an actress, the director attempted to make up for in the amount of camera time devoted to her butt and legs. Seriously. No one needed to be convinced that Maggie is the 'hot sister,' and tho i expected gratutious Cameron-in-her-underwear shots in the beginning to establish character, i didn't need 90 minutes of deliberate shots of her butt in a bikini, in a thong, in shorts, in a mini skirt, in scrubs, etc. to convince me that i'm flabby and pale and she's not. The movie should've been called 'In Her Underwear.'
Nevertheless, it was worth my $9.50, mostly because of Toni, Mark and Shirley, and excellent use of these poems by e e cummings and Elizabeth Bishop. i give it 4 out of 5 butt shots.
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