Oddly enough I had the same reaction to
Angels & Demons as I did to
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. It was a satisfying enough picture, I just don't have a lot to say about it. I did like it, but there wasn't really anything that stimulated me. For my money, I think
The Da Vinci Code was more up my alley. I liked the story in
The Da Vinci Code better than this mystery, but
Angels & Demons is still worth the price of admission.
What's great about the summer movie season (and often the winter season) is the release of the smaller, independent movies, which coyly supply very nice counter programming. So often these pictures linger for the entire summer and become bigger crowd pleasers than the latest action flick - I'm thinking of
Garden State and
Little Miss Sunshine. This weekend we have our first indie gem of the summer -
Management. Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston star in this unlikely romantic comedy about a hotel manager (Zahn) who falls in love with a business woman who's passing through (Aniston). Zahn and Aniston really make this film work. Zahn's charm and vulnerability emanate through his big blue puppy dog eyes and he makes you just want to root for him. Aniston excels here. She can more or less carry a big studio picture, but she's never as good as she is in these small, offbeat pictures she occasionally does - like
The Good Girl. I wish she did more.
Oddly enough I had the same reaction to Angels & Demons as I did to Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. It was a satisfying enough picture, I just don't have a lot to say about it. I did like it, but there wasn't really anything that stimulated me. For my money, I think The Da Vinci Code was more up my alley. I liked the story in The Da Vinci Code better than this mystery, but Angels & Demons is still worth the price of admission.
What's great about the summer movie season (and often the winter season) is the release of the smaller, independent movies, which coyly supply very nice counter programming. So often these pictures linger for the entire summer and become bigger crowd pleasers than the latest action flick - I'm thinking of Garden State and Little Miss Sunshine. This weekend we have our first indie gem of the summer - Management. Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston star in this unlikely romantic comedy about a hotel manager (Zahn) who falls in love with a business woman who's passing through (Aniston). Zahn and Aniston really make this film work. Zahn's charm and vulnerability emanate through his big blue puppy dog eyes and he makes you just want to root for him. Aniston excels here. She can more or less carry a big studio picture, but she's never as good as she is in these small, offbeat pictures she occasionally does - like The Good Girl. I wish she did more. 
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