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REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Marci X
Marci X is a complete disappointment. Ben Feld (Richard Benjamin) is a prosperous Jewish businessman who owns a successful record company and the father of Marci (Lisa Kudrow), a totally spoilt brat. Marci enjoys being in the limelight and is usually raising funds for various causes, but deep down she isn’t concerned about the causes. Everything is normal until rap star Dr S (Damon Wayans) chooses her father’s company, Felony Assault Records, to release a controversial album with song titles like Shoot the Teacher, I Am the King of Your Mouth and The Baby Ain’t Mine ’Cause I Don’t Like You. This causes a public outcry as there are calls for the album to be banned and the record label to be boycotted. This is too much for Ben Feld to handle and he has a heart attack, leaving Marci in charge of the company.
While her father tries to recover, she tries to reverse the damage done and restore the company’s reputation. In her plan to save the label, she tries to tone down the hardcore rapper and eventually, they both fall for each other. The plot might sound interesting, but rest assured, this is an absolutely forgettable movie.
There is not much to be said about anything in the flick, what with pathetic acting, loose direction and a lousy script. The bottom line — Marci X is a complete waste of time.—Shamama Shabbir
Down With Love
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Renée Zellweger keeps getting fantastic parts. Her latest role in Down With Love is as impressive as her last two Oscar nominated efforts (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Chicago). The whole film industry seems to be ‘down’ with the overrated Zellweger, who currently has her pick of parts. This time around, she plays a modern day Doris Day to Ewan McGregor’s Rock Hudson in Peyton Reed’s send-up of those classic romantic comedies from the 1960s.The story is set in New York City in 1963 and revolves around the budding romance between womanizing journalist and playboy Catcher Block (McGregor) and feminist advice columnist Barbara Novak (Zellweger), whose attraction to roguish McGregor shatters her preconceptions of the rules of love.
Very tongue-in-cheek, the film employs all classic Day-Hudson film tricks like split-screen antics, mid-story song and dance numbers and light-hearted camp that feels all the more so because four decades have passed. The film does have its share of flaws. The theme itself, which dictates that women can behave just like men, would have been quite radical…in 1963. Also, Zellweger is at times too cute for her own good (as is the movie). Kate Hudson, who shone in How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days, would likely have been a better choice for this role. McGregor, however, is brilliant and this should earn him more roles as a romantic lead.
While the film has not been making much of an impact at the box office or in the news, it is definitely worth renting for a fun way to spend an evening.—T. U. Dawood
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