The Worst Film Ever

best movie i've ever seen.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This movie is a mess. The story of a young couple tempted to stray has been done much better in other hands. Casting is odd, with Brits playing Americans and an Israeli, an American playing a Brit, all of it quite unconvincing. (Could Kate Beckinsale please come to life occasionally?). The enigmatic ending probably frustrates those who like this movie; I found it to be the only interesting plot device. The eponymous location isn't given its due, which is a shame. The LA neighborhood offers endless cinematic possibilities yet we're shown mostly its cracked pavement. What makes this movie worth seeing is the remarkable performance by Frances McDormand. She steals the show with no apparent effort. Making it look so easy is very hard to do, and she does it to perfection. Kudos to this versatile actress.

Meanders along with the main characters speaking softly, sometimes whispering until the louder ending. Everything is low key. I guess this is supposed to be real life naturalistic acting, but the quietness and slowness of things are peculiarly unnatural. What things actually happen, the story devolves into a porn standard plot, written without the sex and with some nudity teases, which makes the whole enterprise rather immature..Life brings about changes, people do things but do not necessarily change. If you can identify with the characters and their lives, you might find it interesting. "Hey. gang!This movie is about us!" If not, it's pretty boring

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko follows up her much-acclaimed 1997 debut High Art with this examination of a young couple seduced into a hedonistic, left-coast lifestyle. Taking its title from its central locale, Laurel Canyon focuses on a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles.The film stars Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola.Freshly graduating from Harvard,Sam and Alex are eager to continue their medical studies out West, but they need some lodging while they hunt for a home. Enter Jane, Sam's estranged mom, who's more than willing to put the couple up in her lavish digs. Jane is a successful record producer whose latest charge -- both in the studio and in her bedroom -- is Ian , a brazen, libidinous twenty-something Brit-rocker. As Sam and Alex settle in at Jane's, they gradually lose their straight-and-narrow approach to life and begin to experiment. Alex takes to Ian and Jane, while Sam is wooed by co-worker Sara.This film is a character-study about self-realization.The performances of the actors and actresses involved were worthy of commendation.Frances McDormand is terrific in her new role as record producer,mother,and corrupter of curious girls.While the rest like Bale,Beckinsale and Nivola were outstanding as well.But inspite of its unconventional storyline,the movie will leave people hanging and with a feeling unsatisfied as the movie turns into entertainment instead of providing better explanations about the characters in it except for the fact that they are seduced by the culture of Los Angeles - wherein Laurel Canyon is located and nothing more.

Very fine piece of film making. The words that spring to mind here are, 'heart warming' and this is a word that if I see it attached to a film, I run a mile. But here the exceptional character development allows us to initially 'take in' the person portrayed and then gradually have to 'reassess' because just like real folk, things are just not that simple. And it is therefore appropriate to call this film 'heart warming' in a good way because we are learning about the characters , their interplay and our own involvement. Simply put it makes us feel good that even when we see people portrayed as bad, lazy, stupid, selfish we can still come to see them through another light as good, hard working, intelligent and helpful. In different circumstances and with different people we can all be different too.