Cinema Genius

I can’t recall anything that made me feel nauseous as the movie It’s Complicated.  This is also sad because  I do like actors who play three main heroes of the film. And who are considered to be the cinema mavericks : Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.  Creators name this masterpiece the romantic comedy but there is not much to laugh at.  Putting aside cheesy and fake script, I can state that there is not much fun watching half naked old people.

Nothing can be further away from reality than this movie. Main characters try to depict romantic problems of the middle class people, but don’t make a mistake – these are pretty rich people who have nothing to do with us.  The action takes place in Santa Barbara where divorced Jane (Meryl Streep) relies only on herself.  She cooks at the spacious kitchen all the time and eats fruit and vegetables from her garden. However, you always wonder where she hides her maids and a gardener who must service hard all this huge property.

Yet, Jane is not satisfied with her mansion, she wants more floors and larger kitchen and office.  I guess, 2009 is the best time for home remodeling, as she hires  expensive-looking Adam, played by Steve Martin.  And the love triangle is created by adding here rich ex-husband attorney Jake (Alex Baldwin) who dropped Jane as a sack of potatoes ten years ago and married younger trophie wife Agness (Lake Bell). By the way, Lake Bell choice of characters always puzzle me. Somehow I see her in other romantic comedies and HBO shows where she plays supposedly seductive women but her acting and looks tell us quite the opposite.

Anyways,  all characters in the movie are overly sensitive. Everybody, including men, cry in this movie. Allegedly self-reliant Jane ambushes her psychiatrist trying to find out whether she should date her former husband or not.  Tree grown up children of Jane are easily confused and disturbed when the see how their papa tries to make moves on Jane again. Poor things, they are so scared, that they run away in the car and then all three go to bed together with frightened faces.