Day: November 12, 2010

I watched this in preparation for the Cohen Brothers’ remake and I have to say I enjoyed it. It was a bit slow, in that pre-Mtv movie way, but was amusing. Kim Darby was right on the age of incredibly annoying and incredibly funny and it was fun to see Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall and a very young Dennis Hopper.

I confess that I confused this with Everything is Illuminated and so was confused for the first twenty minutes until I just let it go. Overall, I found this con man caper a little slow, but there are beautifully shot scenes as well as fun quirky characters. Rachel Weisz’s clothing is fun to look at, and Mark Ruffalo is always easy on the eyes.