It’s Complicated

 It’s Complicated

Well, yeah it is kind of complicated. This rom-com is basically an older version of all those teenage comedies about romance and awkward situations. It is neither bad nor that great, but is certainly better than many of the other bland romantic comedies that plagued the box office this year.

The movie is about two divorced people that were formerly married having an affair behind their loved ones and family members’ backs. All heck breaks loose when they try to cover it up.

Meryl Streep is actually very good as the woman who falls back into the arms of a remarried Alec Baldwin. Baldwin’s character is remarried to a young woman with a child. Baldwin actually is a step away from the characters he’s been playing for the last seven years, so that is kind of refreshing. However, there is one thing I could have lived without...

Seeing Baldwin nude and shirtless throughout the entire movie. We get numerous shots of Baldwin shirtless or nude throughout the movie that it makes me kind of sick. Look, I’m not a good-looking guy, so you won’t see me walking around shirtless unless I have to. We also get a shot of Baldwin's bare ass for good measure. I just think the joke of Baldwin being out of shape just wears a bit too thin.

Another joke that wears itself out is the whole joke about Streep getting high off of weed. Steve Martin gets high as well. The joke just runs too long for its own good. Old people like weed, and we get it.

Writer/Director Nancy Meyers doesn’t really do that much to make the movie stand out from the rest of the Rom-Com movies, but she does know how to make Meryl Streep look breathtaking. Streep hasn’t looked this pretty in years.

There are times when the movie does lose its way and aimless jumps from one scene to another without much story progression. And, that might turn some people off. The movie becomes boring toward the last 20 minutes.

The movie is lighthearted and not really deep or meaningful, and it doesn’t want to be. I’m fine with that because I am a popcorn movie kind of guy, but I just wish the movie tried to be bit more funny and focused. The movie merely comes across as a missed opportunity to for a better movie.

Grade: C-

 Meryl:  “Did we really need to watch The Shadow five times?”

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