Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

dwahahn Watchable, but OK to watch once and forget about. While the acting was decent, the premise was just not believable or worth caring about. Would you really fly across the country to attend/perform at the wedding of a man you loathe? The stock 'jerky right wing guy' character's "life-changing event" was so out of left field and then seemingly an afterthought :10 later. I can't figure out to whom this story was supposed to appeal. Too man-centric to appeal to women, too touchy-feeley whiny to appeal to most men. My only guess is "married closeted gay men," a very small demographic, which could go towards explaining the lack of commercial success. Molly Shannon was fun, the cast were decent eye candy, and the singing, though presumably overdubbed, was excellent. Fellas, watch it w/ your female significant-other to appease her after 3 or 4 nights of heavy doses of sports on the tube.

Art Carnage Rips off so many other, better movies, it's hard to know where to begin. But I guess "Return of the Secaucus 7" is as good a place as any. And did they REALLY think they could steal the famous Girl On The Ferry monologue from "Citizen Kane", and think no one would notice? There are comedic rants that just fall flat, such as a Seinfeld-influenced "what's up with those 4-way stops?" bit, that's yelled at full volume, and lacks any actual humor. A grown man who can't negotiate an intersection? Absurd. But not in a funny way.The rest is just tedious, not-actually-witty witty repartee.Avoid this. See "Secaucus 7". Or "Citizen Kane". Or pretty much anything else.

evening1 The six overgrown babies at the center of this drama sound great when they sing. The problem is that for most of the film they're just plain talking. What a bunch of self-involved narcissists! They fret when they get a gray hair. They're not sure they want a baby. They don't get enough sex. But mostly they're just worried that life is passing them by. Awwwwww.Some of their wives and girlfriends aren't depicted very attractively, and these females seem mainly portrayed as ball-and-chains. When a young Swedish nanny comes on the scene, the men become obsessed with her "beauty incarnate," yet to me -- I'm a gal, admittedly -- she seemed more a vapid Shelley Duvall lookalike than a sex goddess.The film had its humorous moments, and I stayed interested enough to watch it to the end, but it always seemed the characters were mainly cardboard. A lot of the dialogue seems to have been written at the sitcom level, perhaps by writers who hope to do standup someday.As good as these characters sounded a cappella, I never quite bought that their ensemble was more than a plot device. Encore, guys -- NOT!

sa-62 A great ensemble flick (and the quintessential date film) with superb music elements - mostly a capella (who knew a capella was so cool?). SNL's Molly Shannon is a comedic standout, but what makes this film special is its ability to make you laugh at the quirky characters' buffoonery, while simultaneously feeling their angst. I recognize several of the other actors from TV and film work, and there are a couple of neat cameos from some of the Rockapella members who sang on the PBS TV show "Where In The World IS Carmen Sandiego?" I saw this film at a festival screening in NYC and the diverse audience went nuts, which bodes well for the film's mass appeal. This film is more evidence that good story-telling and offbeat music choices will always be in demand. I expect that this film will enjoy wide popularity and that writer/director Bruce Leddy will become a cinema stalwart.