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Title: Groovy + Cool = Grool = This Movie
Review: With that out of they way, I still didn't respond much to McAdams, but I thought Lohan did a fine job...understated, lonely, lost. Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, and Lacey Chabert are always first rate in what they do, and they were first rate here.The movie itself was clever by half, but with so much more heart than Tina Fey usually shows. The whole thing of being so changed by past experiences and hopes that you want out is a powerful plot device. And I think Lohan's performance hit the bulls eye. Swinging back and forth in time, going back and forth between memories and reality (as heard through the voice-over), had me quickly paying attention to what was going on. I really like a movie that poses puzzles, with issues that can be figured out only if you don't doze off...and where the writer and director play fair with the audience. Memento and Usual Suspects also come to mind as good examples of this.
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