Sunday, October 02, 2005
"Just Like" heavenly.....
Dan and I made a last-minute decision to see a movie last night and chose "Just Like Heaven". I seem to be on a streak lately of seeing movies that exceed my expectations. I hope it continues.
"Just Like Heaven" stars Mark Ruffalo (yum!) as David, a depressed landscape designer, and Reese Witherspoon as Elizabeth, an overworked doctor. Elizabeth is in an accident, and her family rents out her apartment to David. Much to David's surprise, Elizabeth is not quite willing to vacate the apartment and inhabits it as a ghost. Naturally, no one but David can see Elizabeth, and because he lost his wife two years ago, he is thought to have lost his mind as well. He tries various means, both orthodox and otherwise, to rid the apartment of this spirit, but she will not budge. About the only real help for David comes from the metaphysical bookstore clerk. I forget the name of the guy who played him, but he was hilarious.
Elizabeth also doesn't believe she is a ghost, but she doesn't really know what or who she is, either. She convinces David to help her discover her identity and what happened to her. This takes quite awhile since she didn't date or socialize with the neighbors and her family removed her personal effects from the apartment. After some hilarious mis-steps, she and David stumble upon a medical emergency in a restaurant, and she remembers that she was a doctor and actually convinces David to perform impromptu surgery.
During the journey of discovering her past, Elizabeth and David fall in love. They also find out that they were supposed to meet before Elizabeth's accident. Without giving away the major plot developments, I'll just say that it's a bumpy ride to resolving Elizabeth's condition.
I found the movie to be a lot of fun, but must warn any men reading this that it could be regarded as a chick flick because it's a romantic comedy/drama whatever you wanna call it. Both Witherspoon and Ruffalo are engaging enough for this to be a good date movie. And sometimes you're just in the mood for a feel good movie. This fits the bill.
"Just Like Heaven" stars Mark Ruffalo (yum!) as David, a depressed landscape designer, and Reese Witherspoon as Elizabeth, an overworked doctor. Elizabeth is in an accident, and her family rents out her apartment to David. Much to David's surprise, Elizabeth is not quite willing to vacate the apartment and inhabits it as a ghost. Naturally, no one but David can see Elizabeth, and because he lost his wife two years ago, he is thought to have lost his mind as well. He tries various means, both orthodox and otherwise, to rid the apartment of this spirit, but she will not budge. About the only real help for David comes from the metaphysical bookstore clerk. I forget the name of the guy who played him, but he was hilarious.
Elizabeth also doesn't believe she is a ghost, but she doesn't really know what or who she is, either. She convinces David to help her discover her identity and what happened to her. This takes quite awhile since she didn't date or socialize with the neighbors and her family removed her personal effects from the apartment. After some hilarious mis-steps, she and David stumble upon a medical emergency in a restaurant, and she remembers that she was a doctor and actually convinces David to perform impromptu surgery.
During the journey of discovering her past, Elizabeth and David fall in love. They also find out that they were supposed to meet before Elizabeth's accident. Without giving away the major plot developments, I'll just say that it's a bumpy ride to resolving Elizabeth's condition.
I found the movie to be a lot of fun, but must warn any men reading this that it could be regarded as a chick flick because it's a romantic comedy/drama whatever you wanna call it. Both Witherspoon and Ruffalo are engaging enough for this to be a good date movie. And sometimes you're just in the mood for a feel good movie. This fits the bill.
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