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Title: could have been better
Review: In reality my review reflects more on Helen Hunt's appearance than the movie itself. It is difficult to evaluate and appreciate the movie when you are bogged down by the appearance of one of the actors. Hunt has aged considerably and quickly and additionally looks oddly thin. I am all for an aging actress landing a role and doing so without Botox and other wonders of modern medicine, however, casting such an actress appropriately is essential to the flow of a film. In this movie, Hunt plays a 38 year old, while in reality she was 43, and looks beyond her 43 years. It is not a good casting decision. Unfortunately, Hunt directs and obviously made a poor decision here. Normally, I would hate to criticize appearances, but when casting someone to play a character a few years younger, the actress needs to convincingly convey a younger look. The opposite happened here, with a character that looks ten years older than she is portrayed.
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