Romantic comedy, 'When in Rome' won't fail to please
Storm Sebastian
Issue date: 2/2/10 Section: Arts & Society
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Perhaps the new romantic comedy, When in Rome, can answer that question. Kristen Bell stars as Beth, a successful curator at the Guggenheim Museum, who always seems to pick the wrong guys. While in Rome for her younger sister's wedding, Beth meets Nick, played by Josh Duhamel, and begins to think that he may be the one.
Unfortunately, before she can sort out her feelings for Nick, a drunken Beth climbs into the "Fontana D'amore", cursing love and stealing five coins from the fountain. What Beth doesn't realize is that taking these coins causes the men who had originally tossed them into the fountain to fall madly in love with her.
Once she returns to New York, Beth is hotly pursued and even harassed by these spell-bound suitors. As Beth continues to thwart these men's advances, she finds herself in the arms of Nick, only to find out that he may also be under the fountain's magical spell. Beth must find a way to break the spell and find out if Nick's love is real, all while facing pressure from her menacing boss, appropriately played by Anjelica Houston, to put together the most fabulous art show of the year!
Packed with a hilarious cast, including John Heder, Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, and Will Arnett as the group of love-stricken suitors, this film is surprisingly one of the best comedies to kick off the new year.
Scenes where the men relentlessly chase Beth throughout the city, as well as a miniature car race to the Guggenheim and the overall clumsiness exhibited by both Bell's and Duhamel's characters are sure to keep the audience rolling in laughter.
The film also introduces the concept of a truly blind date in a hysterical scene in which the characters eat at a restaurant with no lighting, obtaining lots of bruises and head injuries throughout their meal.
Wisecrack jokes from Nick's friend, Puck, played by SNL star Bobby Moynihan, add even more humor to the comedic mix. The film keeps the laughs coming as Efren Ramirez, known for his role as Pedro in the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, returns as Heder's sidekick. The brief bantering between the two is reminiscent of famous scenes from the sleeper-hit film.
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Robert
posted 2/15/10 @ 4:17 AM EST
The laughs keep coming? Not in the theater where I saw this bomb. I think the audience was made numb by the ridiculously contrived plot. This kind of movie makes me think the writers were locked up in a room with no food and not let out until they had a script. (Continued…)
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