This was different and generally an interesting character study of three people. The down side was too much profanity, too much bickering and too much "attitude," mainly from Scarlet Johannson's character, "Pursy Will," but also from Johnn Travota's. Johannson seems to be almost typecast in these roles, the spoiled, snotty young girl, ever since her 1998 performance in "The Horse Whisperer." I am hoping assuming she has grown out of these roles by now, or will shortly, although she is still only in her young 20s.
That doesn't mean Scarlett didn't do a fine job of acting in here. She did, along with the two male leads: John Travolta and Gabriel Macht. By and large, Travolta, who plays the title role of "Bobby Long," has played a lot of interesting characters in the last two decades and his acting seems to get better and better. I rarely see a film of his that isn't at least entertaining. Macht is a new face but he was good, too, and his character "Lawson Pines" was, by far, the nicest person of the three.
So, if you like good acting and appreciate outstanding cinematography, which this movie boasts and don't mind soap-opera-type stories, you should like this film very much. This has a certain fascination to it, but I got tired of the constant profanity and negative personalities of two of those three main characters so I lost interest by the halfway mark. If you can stay with it, though, there is a rewarding finish for you, as the three main characters slowly learn more about each other. It's also a wonderful look at the city of New Orleans. I can't say enough about the photography by Elliot Davis in this movie.
That doesn't mean Scarlett didn't do a fine job of acting in here. She did, along with the two male leads: John Travolta and Gabriel Macht. By and large, Travolta, who plays the title role of "Bobby Long," has played a lot of interesting characters in the last two decades and his acting seems to get better and better. I rarely see a film of his that isn't at least entertaining. Macht is a new face but he was good, too, and his character "Lawson Pines" was, by far, the nicest person of the three.
So, if you like good acting and appreciate outstanding cinematography, which this movie boasts and don't mind soap-opera-type stories, you should like this film very much. This has a certain fascination to it, but I got tired of the constant profanity and negative personalities of two of those three main characters so I lost interest by the halfway mark. If you can stay with it, though, there is a rewarding finish for you, as the three main characters slowly learn more about each other. It's also a wonderful look at the city of New Orleans. I can't say enough about the photography by Elliot Davis in this movie.