Georgia Byrd lives in New Orleans, where she works in the cookware department of an upscale gourmet supply shop. While Georgia has the hots for Sean, one of her co-workers, she doesn't have the nerve to tell him, and despite her impressive skills in the kitchen, she lives frugally and doesn't put her talent to use. Georgia's good friend Rochelle often tells her that life is short and she needs to live a little, but she doesn't pay her much mind until a visit to the doctor reveals that Georgia has a very rare medical condition, and only has three weeks to live. Throwing caution to the wind, Georgia cashes out her life savings and heads to Europe for a last bit of revelry. She checks into a four-star hotel, trades her drab clothes for haute couture, finds herself flirting with a handsome and powerful politician, convinces the head of a cooking supplies firm that she's a high-powered executive from a rival company, and makes friends with a four-star chef. But when Sean learns the truth about Georgia's condition, he sets out to find her before their chance at romance has passed.
The qualities I look for in a good movie are originality, entertainment value, mystery/plot twists and good acting. This film rated very low on the originality and mystery scales and average on the entertainment value and good acting scales. Most aspects of the plot have been done before and there were no surprises from beginning to end - you should be able to guess the ending about 15 minutes into it. This was really just an over the top, bittersweet, feel good movie that gets you thinking about how you would live your life if you knew you were going to die in the near future - hopefully, you'll actually achieve some of those things even though you don't have a terminal illness. So, the message is a good one, but the events that take place are just too unbelievable to achieve any semblance of realism. I would recommend this film if you're feeling down since it's a good pick-me-up, but if you're just looking for a good film to watch, skip it.
Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gerard Depardieu, Jane Adams
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment