January 7 movie: Bewitched. Based on the reviews I was expecting this to be awful, but it was actually kind of funny. Nice to see Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris in small roles. I'm not a huge fan of Steve Carrell but based on this, I should give him another chance. And of course, Michael Caine makes any movie better. The movie didn't hang together super well & I found myself trying to figure out things that I really shouldn't have been worrying about. Like, why do Nicole Kidman's relatives have the same names as their counterparts on the show? Was she the basis for the original TV series? But then why was she so unfamiliar with the series? Still, I enjoyed the movie.
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Have you seen The Forty-Year-Old Virgin, or are you basing your distaste for Carrell on other roles? IMHO, Virgin is one of the best, and funniest, romantic comedies in the last many years, and Carrell is a very large part of why.
Actually I've mostly seen Carrell on The Daily Show. And my objection is to the "ringing doorbells and running away" format of the remote segments, which maybe isn't his fault. I haven't seen The Forty-Year-Old Virgin but that's high praise so I just put it in my Netflix queue.
carrell is also in 'little miss sunshine', which i loved. he was great in that.
that's already on my netflix queue, next up in fact!