"I didn't say anything."
Seeking A Friend... requires patience, as the worryingly haphazard and not-entirely successful first half eventually gives way to something decidedly sweet and quite beautiful. Steve Carell does his everyman routine to perfection here as society in the impending apocalypse and his own personal worlds fall apart, and he has some truly great performance moments, which is juxtaposed nicely with Keira Knightley's younger neighbour who embarks on a picaresque end-of-the-world road trip with Carell to see family and loved ones for the last time, although at times she lacks the lightness of touch that the roll seems to need. It is reminiscent of the style of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind in its romantic mis-match, but this film is overlong and the tone is too uneven in the first half, even though the closing stages of the film bring it all together both emotionally and narratively. Towards the end, the film also has two instances of quite brilliant apt uses of classic pop songs. Seeking A Friend... is therefore an interesting - but not wholly successful - take on a well-worn theme and movie coupling, which manages to resolve itself effectively in the end.
No comments:
Post a Comment