The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by Ben Stiller, 2013 (PG)

Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller), an employee at Life magazine, spends day after monotonous day developing photos for the publication. To escape the tedium, Walter inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero. Walter fancies a fellow employee named Cheryl (Kristen Wiig) and would love to date her, but he feels unworthy. However, he gets a chance to have a real adventure when Life's new owners send him on a mission to obtain the perfect photo for the final print issue.

It was with reluctance that I saw this movie, the trailer was terrible and I was afraid Walter Mitty would be this laugh out loud movie trying to go indie. Turns out the story evolves in a human way, with some scenes that are off but made of his crazy imagination. His journey goes beyond the physical journey, and although the outcome is quite predictable, it is still enjoyable to go through it. Ben Stiller as the main actor and director is proving himself to be more than Zoolander and Dodgeball, and shows some maturity, which suits him well.

with Ben Stiller (Tower Heist), Kristen Wiig (Despicable Me 2, All Good Things, Bridesmaids, Date Night, How to train your dragon, Friends with Kids), Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott (Friends with Kids, Kathryn Hahn (Our Idiot Brother, We're the Millers), Sean Penn (The Game, Milk, Fair Game, The Tree of Life), Patton Oswalt (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Young Adult), Adrian Martinez (American Hustle), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

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Begin Again by John Carney, 2014 (R)

A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.

Cute comedy, giving the vibe of New York in a realistic way, and a creative way of making a record, with all the great energy and talent New York is filled of. The cast is great, and I am surprised how Mark Ruffalo always make you believe everything on screen. He is so believable you ride all along with him, even if it might be cheesy or embarrassing. The original turn of the end gives hope there is something else than the music industry to actually achieve recognition as a musician.

with Keira Knightley (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Love Actually, Anna Karenina, A Dangerous Method, Never Let Me Go), Mark Ruffalo (Thanks for Sharing, Now You See Me, Margaret, The Kids Are All Right, Shutter Island, Avengers), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Adam Levine (American Horror Story: Asylum), James Corden, Yasiin Bey, Cee Lo Green, Catherine Keener (Enough Said, Captain Phillips, Out of Sight, Please Give, Peace Love and Misunderstanding, Simone)
From the director of Once.

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Words and Pictures by Fred Schepisi, 2014 (PG-13)

with Clive Owen (Shadow Dancer, Duplicity, Killer Elite), Juliette Binoche (Cosmopolis, Breaking and Entering, Chocolat, Certified Copy, Paris, Paris Je T'aime), Bruce Davison, Navid Negahban (Homeland), Amy Brenneman, Valerie Tian, Adam DiMarco, Josh Ssettuba, Janet Kidder, Christian Scheider, Keegan Connor Tracy

Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus laments his students' obsession with social media and good grades rather than engaging with the power of the written word. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years filling his time with drink versus the art of language. He meets his match in Dina Delsanto - a painter and new teacher on campus, who was once celebrated for her art. The two flirt and provoke each other with equal relish. Jack hatches a plan for galvanizing student interest in their studies: he declares a war between Words and Pictures, confident that the former can convey greater meaning than the latter. Dina and her art students accept the challenge between Jack and his English students, and the battle lines are drawn.

This is very cute, in the style of Dan in Real Life perhaps because of Juliette Binoche, perhaps because the movie tends to avoid romantic clichés, and create romanticism through moments that are special and unusual, mostly intimate, connected. The chemistry between the two actors works, is definitely believable (the reviews compare them to Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Adam's Rib), so are the weaknesses of the characters. The reality in which students are now (getting As so they can get to the best college) creates the argument of the movie and the contrast and passion for the Arts, and justify some of the pedagogical detours, without becoming a didactic movie (well sometimes, it still is, but it is hard to avoid). A funny and smart romantic comedy.

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Tootsie by Sydney Pollack, 1982 (R)

with Dustin Hoffman (Barney's Version, Kramer Vs. Kramer), Jessica Lange (The Vow), Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray (Ghostbusters, Monsters University, The Monuments Men), Sydney Pollack (Michael Clayton), George Gaynes, Geena Davis
From the director of Out of Africa

Few actors go as far to bag a part as Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), who transforms himself into a woman to prove he can get hired on a soap opera. But Michael has an enviable problem when his alter ego, Dorothy, becomes daytime television's hottest ticket. His pretty co-star (Jessica Lange) has no idea that her dear friend Dorothy is a man -- and neither does the actress's father (Charles Durning), who falls for Dorothy hook, line and sinker.

Perhaps in 1982, this was the only movie available on that topic, which therefor made it quite interesting. 32 years later, the movie is still funny, with a retro touch to it that is irresistible: no cell phone, cameras who look like star wars robots, fashion that looks like... errrr, what I see the hipster wearing in Williamsburg for the past summer... Yeah, that part somehow is still there. Anyway, it is original, in it own kind of reversed feminism, Dustin Hoffman is as believable in his Dorothy skin and his unemployed male version. Jessica Lange is adorable, although it is weird to see it back to back in Grey Gardens or grabbing Emmys for American Horror Story. Time flies...

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Notting Hill by Roger Michell, 1999 (PG-13)

A chance encounter brings together reserved bookstore owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) and Hollywood icon Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), who forge an improbable romance until Anna's megastardom begins whittling away at their relationship. Can their love overcome all the pretense -- and the flash of the paparazzi? Rhys Ifans co-stars in a scene-stealing turn as Spike, William's dim-bulb, bedraggled flatmate.

Isn't it the epitome of Hugh Grant British Romantic Comedy? It is perfectly funny, Julia Robert is the biggest star of that time, making the whole scenario very much believable, even if Hugh Grant being the biggest star in England at the time. The cast of the supporting actor is either irresistible or impeccable, or both. So, despite the genre, it turns out to be a really good funny romantic comedy (made as a blockbuster tearjerker). Oh, and don't you love London in it? For me, that was the best character of the movie, and not only because I always loved London...

with Julia Roberts (August: Osage County, Duplicity, Mirror Mirror Snow White, Eat Pray Love, Larry Crowne, Fireflies in the Garden, The Normal Heart), Hugh Grant (About a Boy, Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually, Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Two Weeks Notice, Cloud Atlas), Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, Rhys Ifans (Mr. Nobody, The Five-Year Engagement), Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee (The Tudors), Richard McCabe, James Dreyfus, Dylan Moran, Emily Mortimer (Paris Je T'aime, Hugo, Our Idiot Brother, Shutter Island), Samuel West, Alec Baldwin

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Ocho apellidos vascos (Spanish Affair) by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, 2014

with Clara Lago, Dani Rovira, Carmen Machi, Karra Elejalde (Even the rain - También la lluvia), Alberto López, Alfonso Sánchez, Aitor Mazo, Abel Mora, Aitziber Garmendia

Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known.

This is a movie to watch in Spanish and preferably understanding Spanish, as all the jokes are very Spanish specific, and I would even add even better if you happen to be Spaniard, or close to Spaniards. So, coming from there, I watched it in Spanish with English subtitles and I am French, so I guess everyone has a good chance of laughing, even if they don't get the private jokes and the accents. It is very funny, hyper-stereotypical, probably offensive to some level, but at the same time, it is a very cute romantic comedy on how two people who feel radically different have their lives randomly intertwined and finally learn from the other.

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About a Boy by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, 2002 (PG-13)

About a Boy is an adaptation of the 1998 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. Hip, irresponsible Londoner Will invents an imaginary son and starts attending single-parent meetings to find available women. But when Will meets the troubled 12-year-old son of a depressed single mother, a quirky and unexpected friendship blooms.

What is so interesting about this movie is the fact that the main relationship is not based on family ties or romantic feelings, and that makes it almost unique. It is not completely a friendship either, since the relationship between the boy and Will has a responsibility to it, which sometimes shifts depending on who might be wiser on the topic, most of the time the kid. It is also a story of misfits, definitely has a romantic twist to it, and it is funny, which helps the movie to be a blockbuster, but also an intelligent drama. And the soundtrack from Badly Drawn Boy is great.

with Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually, Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Two Weeks Notice, Cloud Atlas), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class, A Single Man), Toni Collette (Hitchcock, Enough Said, The Hours, Little Miss Sunshine), Rachel Weisz (The Whistleblower, The Deep Blue Sea, The Bourne Legacy, 360, Dream House, Constantine, Agora), Isabel Brook, Victoria Smurfit, Sharon Small, Augustus Prew (Charlie St. Cloud), Natalia Tena, Nicholas Hutchison

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Imagine Me & You by Ol Parker, 2006 (R)

In this unconventional romantic comedy that gives new meaning to the term "cold feet," bride-to-be Rachel (Piper Perabo) is love-struck — not with her groom, but rather with another woman who's a guest at their wedding. As she's marching down the aisle with her longtime sweetheart, Heck (Matthew Goode), Rachel is immediately bewitched by a beautiful guest (Lena Headey). But following her heart's true desire is hardly an easy proposition.

Alright, here goes my reputation, I loved this movie. Well, also because there is Lena Headey in it... but mostly because it was so cute, and somehow so familiar, avoiding the corny, with pretty real characters. Yes, the London that is portrayed in a little idyllic (except for the traffic), but it works. And also, I might say, having a movie portraying two women falling in love, without becoming a movie targeted to lesbian, that was something important, for the community, and for the rest of the people.

with Lena Headey (300: Rise of an Empire, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The man with rain in his shoes, Game of Thrones, 300), Matthew Goode (A Single Man), Piper Perabo (Looper), Rick Warden, Anthony Head (Scoop, The Iron Lady), Sue Johnston, Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Darren Boyd

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Thanks for Sharing by Stuart Blumberg, 2013 (R)

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction.

Third movie about sex addiction in a row I watch, starting with Don Jon, then Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 and 2. Overall, an interesting journey, with very different points of view of the addiction. I recommend to watch them all, and make up your own mind. This one is the most Hollywood-style, and therefor the most eager to find "The Cure", going through the steps of a group of people from different background and journey. It starts a little too much on the easy road, but turned out to have well-shaped characters with depth, and interestingly intertwined stories.

with Mark Ruffalo (Now You See Me, Margaret, The Kids Are All Right, Shutter Island, Avengers), Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow (Marvel's Avengers, Iron Man 3), Josh Gad (Frozen, Love and Other Drugs), Joely Richardson (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Patrick Fugit (We Bought a Zoo), Alecia Beth Moore Hart aka Pink, Carol Kane (Love in the Time of Money)

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Don Jon by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013 (R)

Jon Martello's romantic exploits are legendary among his friends, but his obsession with online porn saps his enthusiasm for real sex. As he searches for intimacy -- or avoids it -- Jon meets two women with vital lessons to teach him.

I liked the way Gordon-Levitt made his movie look like a video clip for the first part of the movie, with everything in rhythm, sleek, almost fancy in its simplicity. The stereotypes are funny since they are so right-on, till the moment Julianne Moore enters. Of course, a movie with Julianne Moore cannot just be superficial. Although the shift turned ok for some time, it feels like an easy redemption at the end and almost a cheesy romantic comedy. Strange...

with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Lincoln, The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, 50/50), Scarlett Johansson (Her, Hitchcock, We Brought a Zoo, The Avengers, Scoop, The Horse Whisperer, Under the Skin), Julianne Moore (Non-Stop, What Maisie knew, The Kids are All Right, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Chloe, A Single Man, Game Change, The English Teacher), Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, Rob Brown, Jeremy Luke, Italia Ricci, Lindsey Broad

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Enough Said by Nicole Holofcener, 2013 (PG-13)

with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Deconstructing Harry), James Gandolfini (Zero Dark Thirty), Catherine Keener (Captain Phillips, Out of Sight, Please Give, Peace Love and Misunderstanding, Simone), Toni Collette (Hitchcock, The Hours, Little Miss Sunshine), Ben Falcone, Tavi Gevinson, Tracey Fairaway, Eve Hewson, Anjelah Johnson
From the director of Please Give

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini star in this charming comedy about a divorced woman venturing into a relationship with a sweet man. But things get tricky when she discovers the man she's dating is the hated ex-husband of her new best friend.

This is an interesting movie about people, quite an unusual one for the American movie industry. It is a romantic comedy about two people that have lived through marriage and divorce, and are now ready to settle again, but only with the right one. It is very normal, not hysterical, not too funny, not too dramatic, simply honest and the characters are beautiful and familiar. Somehow, it is refreshing, in a country that needs to make everything extraordinary to be interesting.

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La Vérité si je mens ! (Would I Lie to You) by Thomas Gilou, 1997 (NR)

with José Garcia (Now You See Me, Asterix at the Olympic Games, Trouble Every Day), Richard Anconina, Aure Atika, Anthony Delon, Sabrina Van Tassel, Richard bohringer, Gilbert Melki (Côte d'Azur - Crustacés et coquillages), Amira Casar, Bruno Solo, Vincent Elbaz, Elie Kakou, Adriano Wajskol

In this hit French comedy, jobless loner Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) gets a lucky break when a rich Jewish entrepreneur mistakes him for a Jew and gives him a sweet job in the Parisian fashion district. Awash in champagne, fancy cars and beautiful women, Eddie finds himself hanging by a thread as he fakes his way through Sephardic culture and the fashion industry. Scene-stealing José Garcia co-stars as Eddie's clowning pal Serge.
 
This is a classic comedy, in France. The sense of humor, the inside look into the Jewish community in the Sentier, the business, the wittiness, and the feeling the actors had a good time. It has a beautiful love story, the soundtrack was a blast... Of course, fifteen years have past and some of the fashion is outdated but overall, it is still a funny movie to watch. Now I wonder how New Yorkers for instance would receive the movie, or actually anybody outside of France...

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Mean Girls by Mark S. Waters, 2004 (PG-13)

with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams (To the Wonder, The Vow, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Midnight in Paris, Morning Glory), Tina Fey (Date Night), Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan (True Blood, Masters of Sex, 127 Hours), Daniel Franzese, Amanda Seyfried (In Time, Chloe), Jonathan Bennett

After growing up abroad, brainy teen Cady Heron moves to Chicago and haphazardly joins her new high school's most powerful clique. But there's hell to pay when the ex-boyfriend of the clique's menacing leader shows interest in being Cady's guy.

How did this movie become a reference of teen movies? The cast is impressive, with actresses which now are filling our big and smaller screens, the story is cruel enough, but there is so much cheesiness to it that it cannot be right. Even the meanness is not really mean, it is what we expect of mean. And the half hour lecturing at the end was too much... Unbelievable... Thanks for Amy Poehler's character who helps not take it too seriously....

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Puccini for Beginners by Maria Maggenti, 2006 (R)

with Elizabeth Reaser (Liberal Arts, Young Adult, Twilight), Gretchen Mol, Justin Kirk (Weeds), Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County, Masters of Sex, Keep the Lights On), Tina Benko, Jennifer Dundas, Kate Simses, Brian Letscher

Allegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single.

When a lesbian film turns out to be a very ordinary romantic comedy, with not particular problem about being gay, no existential question about whether it is right or wrong, funny, light, very much about relationships... I loved that movie for that, it was the revelation that it didn't need to fit a genre, and basically, this could become a mainstream movie. I guess the future will have more of these, but for the present time, we can still count them on the fingers of a hand.

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Her by Spike Jonze, 2013 (R)

with Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Scarlett Johansson (Hitchcock, We Brought a Zoo, The Avengers, Scoop, The Horse Whisperer), Amy Adams (On the Road, Julie and Julia, The Master, Trouble with the Curve, The Fighter, Man of Steel), Rooney Mara (Side Effects, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network), Olivia Wilde (In Time, The Words, The Next Three Days, Tron: Legacy, Deadfall, People Like Us), Chris Pratt (Moneyball, Zero Dark Thirty, The Five-Year Engagement), Matt Letscher, Portia Doubleday

Nominated for the Oscars 2014 for the following categories: Best Picture, Music Original Score, Music Original Song, Production Design, Writing Original Screenplay

In this sci-fi romantic comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix, love comes to a lonely young writer in the sleekest of packages when he finds himself falling for the advanced operating system he purchased to run his life.

I am trying to think of how I felt about this movie. I am running out of ideas... It is a peculiar movie, funny, refreshing, and at the same time a little depressing, with a visual identity that cannot really be described, odd, somehow off enough you cannot really tell why this feels so unusual. He is an ordinary good guy, perhaps a little shy but with a lot of potential. We get why he falls for an operating system, you feel how lonely it must feel when he feels it, most of the time, you read the critic of our current society in how disconnected people are from one another. Overall, this movie feels contemporary but this close to our future it is quite unsettling. My only criticism would be to have chosen the voice of Scarlett Johansson, because it is so recognizable we can't get out of our mind her face when she is talking.

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Beginners by Mike Mills, 2011 (R)

with Ewan McGregor (Amelia, Haywire, The Men Who Stare At Goats, I Love You Phillip Morris, The Ghost Writer, Salmon Fishing In Yemen, Perfect Sense), Christopher Plummer (Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Mélanie Laurent (Now You See Me, Paris), Goran Visnjic (Ice Age, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos, China Shavers, Melissa Tang, Amanda Payton

Oliver, a graphic artist, is coming to grips with the imminent death of his father, who, at 75, has one last secret: He's gay. Inspired and confused by his father's determination to find true love at last, Oliver tentatively pursues his own romance.

Refreshing movie. Yes, Christopher Plummer is amazing (Best Actor in a Supporting Role). The relationship between the two wanderers played by McGregor and Laurent can be at times exasperating, but overall, cute. The homosexuality/desire to be himself of the father is what makes the movie go round, and when the characters try to get a glimpse of his sudden wisdom, then they evolve, and make the movie a better one.

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World by Lorene Scafaria, 2012 (R)

with Steve Carell (Hope Springs, Crazy Stupid Love, Dan In Real Life, Get Smart), Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina, A Dangerous Method, Never Let Me Go, Love Actually), Connie Britton, Adam Brody (Thank you for Smoking), Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey (The Informant!, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), T.J. Miller (Our Idiot Brother, How To Train A Dragon, Unstoppable), Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), William L. Petersen

Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity's last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Mr. Carell) and Penny (Ms. Knightley) converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks - if not the world's - brighten.

A very cute romantic comedy that reconciled me with Keira Knightley after a long time disapproving her overacting drama choices. She can actually be funny, and fast and witty. Therefor charming. I think Steve Carell always lost in translation kind of guy suits him well, although I don't believe he will ever be better than in "Dan In Real Life". The story is set with a timer and flows in a natural way till its end, which sorts of differs from "Melancholia" or "4:44 Last Day on Earth" and the feeling of precipitation to the end. It feels like the way movies end with happy ending and exiting the theater thinking this is their ending, never thinking how the next years of their lives might be altered by family drama, economy, weather and else. This is an actual ending. Blackout.

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On the Road by Walter Salles, 2012 (R)

Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart (Tron: Legacy), Amy Adams (Julie and Julia, The Master, Trouble with the Curve, The Fighter, Man of Steel), Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss (Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Mad Men), Danny Morgan, Kirsten Dunst (All Good Things, The Virgin Suicides, Melancholia, Upside Down), Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method), Marie-Ginette Guay, Steve Buscemi (Paris Je T'aime, Love in the Time of Money, The Messenger)

At the height of the Beat era, New York writer Sal Paradise, his freewheeling buddy Dean, and Dean's wife set out on a journey of self-discovery. Their cross-country quest for answers reflects the American character, attitudes and values of the time.
On the Road is based on a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac about the travels of Kerouac and his friends Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg across America. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry and drug use.

Ehhh.... I cannot say this movie is good. Sorry. The story of Dean (Garrett Hedlund) is pretty unusual, full of life and contradictions, and the actor gives everything he has. The character of Kerouac on the other hand doesn't hold the story together, if feels like his lack of determination is leading the movie to its perdition, with a first half of the movie where nothing flows and the silent landscapes are not beautiful enough to make you travel... nor do the intense discussions that intercalate with the landscapes, perhaps because they lack of silence, which would allow to understand the characters. The second half of the movie gives more time to Dean and perhaps then, the movie starts taking off. Not enough tho, and too late.

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El mismo amor, la misma lluvia (Same Love, Same Rain) by Juan José Campanella, 1999 (PG-13)

With Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Ulises Dumont, Eduardo Blanco.

This is the story of Jorge Pellegrini and Laura Ramallo throughout almost two decades. It begins in 1980 and it finishes nowadays, going through all the phases of their relationship, break ups, personal failures while showing in the background Argentina's politic and social changes.

The problem is I am in love with Soledad Villamil since "El Secreto de Sus Ojos". Well, I really like her and Ricardo Darin together, directed by Juan José Campanella, because I tried Ricardo Darin and Juan Jose Campanella without her and I didn't get hooked the same way, and I tried Soledad Villamil without them and it didn't work either. So... I love this combination actors directors, and them make me fall in love with Soledad Villamil. Ok, that is not the only theme of the movie, but their relationship is really amazingly believable and you connect so much with them that every mistake they make is painful to watch. But they do, and it is very attaching. It is also very well integrated with the historical background, without being political, and impact the characters in a realistic way, as a third major character.

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Upside Down by Juan Solanas, 2012 (PG-13)

with Kirsten Dunst (All Good Things, The Virgin Suicides, Melancholia), Jim Sturgess (One Day, Cloud Atlas), Timothy Spall (The King's Speech), Vlasta Vrana, Blu Mankuma, James Kidnie, Frank M. Ahearn, Janine Theriault, Jayne Heitmeyer

Adam lives on a poverty-stricken world, while Eden is from its affluent twin planet, and their love sparks an interplanetary incident. Social stigma, family and government forces work to keep them apart, but they'll stop at nothing to be together.

The idea is great. Two planets and new set of rules, a society divided... and somehow it turned out to be a fairy tale. Which is ok, I think I actually liked so much the rules of gravity, and how the story unravels, that the whole cheesiness of the love story got well digested. The landscapes are stunning. Oh well, I think the ending is a little shady with the gravity problem solving, or not solving? Finally, I loved Kirsten Dunst, who, for once doesn't play a traumatized girl.

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