01/23/06 Just Friends

Just Friends (2005), directed by Roger Kumble

watched w/ Leslie & Joel; theater (Blue Ridge Cinema, Raleigh, NC)

Your basic run-of-the mill romantic comedy, spliced w/ Farrelly Bros. type gross-out humor, and an improv kind of slapstick. Ryan Reynolds (aka Van Wilder, or Mr. Alanis Morissette if your nasty) can be a funny dude, and carries the movie's good moments. Their are some whacked out characters, and him trying to be a bit too Jim Carrey at times. It's the subtle background jokes that get you though.

3 out of 5 stars