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Exactly What You Want
PostedMay 2, 2008
fareedanyc
from New York, NY
In short: this movie delivers. It has a conscience without being preachy. The audience laughed out loud and clapped more than once during the film. The action does its part without overloading the film or putting the audience into an "action vacuum" where you space out for five minutes. The action actually serves the story and reveals character - rare. Finally, and most notably - you will have fun watching the actors have fun. Plot holes and 2-dimensional characters, there are a few and none are fatal; if we must list them: Shane is a one-note baddie, without the complication/depth of caring for the man he's raised as a son; the unparalleled Gwyneth Paltrow and the raw and deliberate Terrence Howard don't have enough to do in the film; one is slightly distracted by their appearances, and not because their screen time is limited. There's so much untapped potential here, which the sequels will hopefully develop, which confuses the audience since you figure "Gwyneth Paltrow! Terrence Howard! Certainly they will be crucial to the film and their characters will have depth explicitly matched to their unique talents!" you'll find yourself waiting for the supporting cast to have something more to do, but what they do is ultimately infused with candor, humility, and, again, fun; the plot twists you can see from a mile away, but you won't mind; the film's simplicity serves as a welcome retreat from contrived confusion in which many films shoddily cloak their ill logic and cliched character. With Iron Man: You won't be blown away, but you will be drawn in.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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