He Said, She Said
This romantic comedy re-issue, much like last year’s What Women Want, dissects the Mars/Venus characteristics of each gender, magnifies their differences and flaws, and throws it up on the silver screen to offer those willing to learn a lesson on understanding the sexes. Like its title implies, this movie starts in the present and backtracks to tell one story from two different perspectives. In fact, when this gear is shifted, the camera zooms in on a coffee mug with the logo “She Said” on it, masking it off with one of those blackout screen spotlights just to make sure the audience gets the point. “Okay, you’ve heard his (Kevin Bacon) side of the story, now it’s her (Elizabeth Perkins) turn. It’s hilarious to see the differences in the details. Simple things, like the size of someone’s earrings, change dramatically from storyteller to storyteller. This film, which saw its theatrical release over ten years ago (1991), perhaps influenced the modern sitcom Ally McBeal, with its humorous and exaggerated hallucination scenes. This one’s a mixed bag, but still offers plenty of food for relationship thought. If you’re willing to see through the sarcasm of the characters’ actions and the occasional bad advice someone gives (like this wacky line from one jaded male to another, “Love is a time- bomb, waiting to go off. That’s why God made other women...”) The director’s commentary adds more life to the overall story, which gives a little more lifeblood to an old, average movie that shouldn’t be forgotten just yet. [ Paramount / Doug Van Pelt ]
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Ratings:
Obscenities : 16
Scenes of Violence : 00
Nude Scenes : 02
% spiritual relevancy : 24
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