In Juliet, Naked, Jesse Peretz crafts an extremely awkward romantic comedy and takes advantage of the facility of uncomfortable comic timing of Rose Byrne, Chris O’Dowd and even Ethan Hawke. It’s a great catalog of people in a middle-age place of stagnation and transition with one especially spectacular scene that takes place in a hospital room. I think this movie didn’t quite know what to do with the ending, and that felt a little bumbled, but other than those last five minutes, this was a very fun film.
Verdict: Recommended
Cost: $1.50 from Redbox*
Where watched: at home
*I have been stalking this movie at Redbox since Thanksgiving weekend when I checked five different machines. It was always checked out.