I've been trying to get my hands on this movie because I am an avid supporter of Scott Speedman, oops I mean "Ben Covington." Such love for this man. Anyway, as luck would have it, it was on HBO this morning--which is really quite convenient since I can't seem to manage to walk the two blocks to the mailbox and drop off my Netflix. I'M GETTING THERE PEOPLE, easy!
Not really a great movie though. It was very reminiscent of "The Jane Austen Book Club" in that there were missing pieces everywhere. It was basically one long concert given by actors who decided that acting was merely secondary. It should be billed as a musical because really, that's the only interesting part about it. Gwyneth has a great voice, Huey Lewis can only sing in life (duh), and Maria Bello needs to put the microphone down. I have to say though, for the ten seconds I got of Scott Speedman, I was quite pleased. This man can act. He is amazing and fabulous. He is great looking, and easily warms all of the scenes he's in. It's a good thing too because most of them are with Maria Bello. Speaking of which, she was ALSO in "The Jane Austen Book Club," so maybe incoherent plot lines just follow her. But the point is, why don't people give Mr. Speedman more of a chance? Who is representing this man? Why can't they get him into non-indie, non-sucking, non-Felicity movies? If Ari Gold was doing the agent'ing, I'm sure things would go differently for him. BUT the good news is that I believe he lives in Hollywood, so my dearest hope is that he walks by me on Sunset Boulevard. We'll see...
Don't see this movie unless you have it huge for Speedman like I do.
Side Note:
One of my favorite friends, Ashley Spencer, has been cross referenced on the Sports Illustrated Online website. Why, do you ask? Because she's hilarious and wrote an article for "Boosh" online magazine about her quest to find Michael Phelps when she journeyed to Ann Arbor for the UMich-Wisco game. This is the link via Sports Illustrated:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/10/03/the-whiniest-ncaa-coaches-campus-clicks/index.html
Scroll to "Finding Football, Phelps." Oh, and she mentions me in the article! But not nearly enough...
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