Toronto – I borrowed this dvd I think in May from my friend, and a few days ago, in the boredom of my parents home I managed to finally watch it. Man, this movie is so freaking awesome. If you want to rent a clever comedy on DVD this weekend, or any weekend, this movie should be the one you rent.
In this movie, Aaron Eckhart plays Nick Naylor, one of the most hated men on the planet. He is the spin doctor for the Tobacco company. His great skill is talking and in this movie, you will see why. Before this movie, I hadn’t really seen him much in any movie and I was like ‘thats the guy who’s gonna play two-face?’. But now I can see why, he is fantastic in this movie. Basically the movie revolves around him. Here’s a character who is basically representing the devil, and yet he has to balance what he does and being a father to his son at the same time. I don’t really want to go into the plot too much..I mean its a plot, he’s obviously playing a not that great (morally) of a character, who is trying to be a father. If you have seen 8 movies in your life you will know some random stuff will happen and he’ll become a better man.
The movie has a strong supporting cast – William H Macy (steady as usual), Maria Bello, the guy from anchorman, pre Tom Cruise Katie Holmes (back when she was cute, and not looking tired and haggard), Adam Brody (playing the same neurotic twitchy geek character he perfected on the OC) and some other people.
So why is this movie awesome? It’s funny, it’s clever, its politically incorrect at times and it moves along at a good pace. What more can you ask for? A naked Jessica Alba maybe.. but that’s about it.
5/5
