Oh yeah

Unfortunately, The Uninvited was even dumber than its Rotten Tomatoes rating would have had me think. The “twist” was pretty obvious after a certain point, but I actually really really enjoyed the movie, due in large part to the ghetto-fabulous crowd at the movie theatre. They shrieked at the screen, had loud, awful conversations with each other, and screamed with such abandon that I couldn’t help but find the whole thing amusing. Elizabeth Banks was kind of a joy to watch, because she seemed to be the only actor who realized how terrible the movie was and just went with it, injecting unnecessary creepiness into her role.

Ouch

Here’s a blurb from a review of Renee Zellwegger’s new movie, New in Town:

“There have been a lot of bad romantic comedies that have come along in recent months but this one really takes the cake–it is so condescending, so stupid and so utterly devoid of laughs, charm or recognizable entertainment value that I kept waiting for Kate Hudson to show up at some point to relieve Renee Zellweger of her duties and take over the lead role.” Peter Sobczynski of efilmcritic.com

I sort of imagine Bradley Whitford saying that, and then it’s even funnier.

I had no intention of seeing this, so I can revel in the halfheartedly wretched reviews and 12% fresh rating that it has garnered over on Rotten Tomatoes. I’m going to see the new Elizabeth Banks movie, The Uninvited tonight. That movie got a 41% fresh rating, which is kind of worrisome, but I haven’t read the reviews, so we’ll see tonight whether I agree!