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February 11, 2009
Hearing He's Just Not That Into You
As a friend of the director, I did not review Ken Kwapis' He's Just Not That Into You, but one scene deserves a special hearing. If the movie were considered in the tradition of women's pictures and melodrama, rather than being pitched as perky romantic comedy, there is a moment as rich and startling as anything so far this year. It's an element that might be noted if it were in a French film, as with the immaculate and startling sound design of Philippe Claudel's I've Loved You So Long. There is a scene set in the aisles of a Home Depot. A married couple argue over small things that are also large things. When the wife says she doesn't want to end their marriage, their home, the ambient sound quickly, deftly transforms. It is the echo of projects, homes, futures only yet sketched, only just blueprinted. It's thrilling.
Posted by Ray Pride at February 11, 2009 07:31 PM
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