"If you’re not going to show banging, you’ve got to get better dialogue."
Yup, should be day one in film school.
I also value the "Cloverfield" rule. You can have beautiful people whining about their relationships as long as an enraged monster appears out of the sea and rips the head off the Statue of Liberty before 20 minutes have passed. Perhaps that's more of a Dad Bait view.
oh I have only read the trigger warning at the beginning and I'm already thrilled about this post! Ok, off to read it now, just wanted to take that moment to savour this feeling. Anticipa a tion!
"commit fully to providing pure unadulterated mum bait"....technically not a mum but still willing to commit fully to this. There will be spillover benefits for everyone!! Let's commit!
Ok this review was so good I definitely won’t be watching the film. I’m nearly 50 with teenagers and it sounds annoying. And I usually love Anne Hathaway
Btw I’m not saying it’s a good movie. BUT Ruffalo literally says: “Hey listen….I can be whatever you want me to be.
You want me to romance you, take you to a classy restaurant, no problem. You want me to be your best friend…fuck you…treat you good, lick your pussy...no problem.” And that might not sound that horny but it’s delivered in such a way that it is just extremely extremely horny.
I was so ready for this movie to be what we want and need. The bit that enraged me was “five years later” because no one has fucking aged a day, and the poor artist is so heavily exhausted and burned out from all the touring, like wtf, mums don’t need to hear dialogue about being tired from wealth and endless private jet travel from a boyo not even 30! Anne’s character desperately needed more shit in her car, a faint milk smell perhaps, and at least two more things to go wrong in addition to the fridge. I also want to know what happened to Ollie that got him in trouble.
Totally agree. Quite ridiculous. She somehow got hotter in five years - also I am not sure I wanted them to talk about menopause (it’s nice to have a break from dealing with my own) but I mean….menopause lol
A lot of it annoyed me. The exaggerated lip biting, her fringe, him (in general), the extended musical numbers, the boob tube-work attire, etc etc! And I was pissed off with the 'be miserable for five years and then he might walk back into your life' ending. Furthermore on a technical note, Graham Norton never has singular musical guests on the couch for an interview after a performance, there's always other guests. The trash heap has spoken 😂
I have another gripe about that movie. Is it me or was there not really a spark between the two characters. The grope, caress, lip bite, moan repeat thing was a bit pedestrian. Or maybe just not my kink 😉 WE NEED MORE! Older and saucier. Imagine Emma Thompson and Bad Bunny. Andie McDowell and Nick Jonas. Olivia Colman and actual Harry Styles!
Hahaha no notes, great review. I also watched this while nap trapped on the weekend and laughed and laughed at the “mom you broke up with a funny kind feminist?!” line 😂
I just watched The Idea of You last night. I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis. The film is frothy and quite sweet, but I have a number of your reservations. And they are always trying (too hard) to show how young and cool Anne is. The head banging scene in the car with her daughter made me laugh, not in a good way. It all seemed a long way from real.
This is just such a perfect review! I wish all reviews read like this one.
Horny moms everywhere approve of this review. I know, I asked them all.
😂😂
"If you’re not going to show banging, you’ve got to get better dialogue."
Yup, should be day one in film school.
I also value the "Cloverfield" rule. You can have beautiful people whining about their relationships as long as an enraged monster appears out of the sea and rips the head off the Statue of Liberty before 20 minutes have passed. Perhaps that's more of a Dad Bait view.
Hahaha I entirely agree with this.
oh I have only read the trigger warning at the beginning and I'm already thrilled about this post! Ok, off to read it now, just wanted to take that moment to savour this feeling. Anticipa a tion!
"commit fully to providing pure unadulterated mum bait"....technically not a mum but still willing to commit fully to this. There will be spillover benefits for everyone!! Let's commit!
We all have to. It’s imperative.
😂😂 hope it lived up to expectation 😂
Yes! Plus trying to work out how to stream in the cut now…
Fuck me I didn’t want to watch this, but I do now. The mum thirst is real haha. Thank you Emily
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Ok this review was so good I definitely won’t be watching the film. I’m nearly 50 with teenagers and it sounds annoying. And I usually love Anne Hathaway
I think you’ll find it very annoying 😂 but it’s lightly annoying and mostly fun.
Not the point but WHAT is that Ruffalo line from?
Btw I’m not saying it’s a good movie. BUT Ruffalo literally says: “Hey listen….I can be whatever you want me to be.
You want me to romance you, take you to a classy restaurant, no problem. You want me to be your best friend…fuck you…treat you good, lick your pussy...no problem.” And that might not sound that horny but it’s delivered in such a way that it is just extremely extremely horny.
It’s from a frighteningly horny film called In The Cut which is so horny it feels a bit illegal.
I was so ready for this movie to be what we want and need. The bit that enraged me was “five years later” because no one has fucking aged a day, and the poor artist is so heavily exhausted and burned out from all the touring, like wtf, mums don’t need to hear dialogue about being tired from wealth and endless private jet travel from a boyo not even 30! Anne’s character desperately needed more shit in her car, a faint milk smell perhaps, and at least two more things to go wrong in addition to the fridge. I also want to know what happened to Ollie that got him in trouble.
Totally agree. Quite ridiculous. She somehow got hotter in five years - also I am not sure I wanted them to talk about menopause (it’s nice to have a break from dealing with my own) but I mean….menopause lol
A lot of it annoyed me. The exaggerated lip biting, her fringe, him (in general), the extended musical numbers, the boob tube-work attire, etc etc! And I was pissed off with the 'be miserable for five years and then he might walk back into your life' ending. Furthermore on a technical note, Graham Norton never has singular musical guests on the couch for an interview after a performance, there's always other guests. The trash heap has spoken 😂
I have it on good authority that the real mum bait is in fact Testament: The story of Moses doco-drama on Netflix 😂
Hahaha it might trigger my religious trauma though 🤣🤣
Harry Styles is a god too though 😂
I have another gripe about that movie. Is it me or was there not really a spark between the two characters. The grope, caress, lip bite, moan repeat thing was a bit pedestrian. Or maybe just not my kink 😉 WE NEED MORE! Older and saucier. Imagine Emma Thompson and Bad Bunny. Andie McDowell and Nick Jonas. Olivia Colman and actual Harry Styles!
Hahaha no notes, great review. I also watched this while nap trapped on the weekend and laughed and laughed at the “mom you broke up with a funny kind feminist?!” line 😂
I thought 'Good luck to you, Leo Grande' did the age gap banging thing well 👍
Oh yes and much more poignantly
Came here to say the same!
Praise [insert relevant deity here] that I am alive in this universe with Emily Writes doing such critically important journalism.
I'm a male. I loved this review Em. Makes me want to watch it ha ha.
Laughed out loud!!!
Laughed out loud!!!
I just watched The Idea of You last night. I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis. The film is frothy and quite sweet, but I have a number of your reservations. And they are always trying (too hard) to show how young and cool Anne is. The head banging scene in the car with her daughter made me laugh, not in a good way. It all seemed a long way from real.