Okay, I liked this movie more than I thought I would... the first 20 minutes were pretty trite. I'm not sure I liked the idea of opening with Ms Jackson lecturing a bunch of undergrads, and the ending awards ceremony was kinda dumb. Most of the characters were believable, the one exception being Mike. If anyone believes this as a realistic character, please let me know; if your argument is good enough, I may rescind my comment. The relationships are all pretty well-developed, as well as the characters, but Ms Jackson's whole basis that they're all in CO for a "retreat to ask 'Why did I get married?'" seems to be absent. They just get together, drink, and chat. And then she writes a book about them? There something missing, but more there than I had anticipated.
I didn't know it was originally a play ... nor do I care. I think it's natural to compare a film to its "original" (cough, Harry Potter readers, cough), be it play or novel, but I try *TRY* to judge a film as it is. Yeah, it was hard to watch Memoirs of a Geisha, though.
Anyway, this movie get a 3.5/5 stars from me.
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