22 May 2012

I want 90 minutes of my life back

Honestly, what has happened to people that they believe this film was worthy of anything more than two stars... on a good day.Stupid story. Atrocious screenplay. Totally predictable ending.And where the heck was Rome?I guess we'll just have to go to Italy ourselves.If you think that Hollywood hasn't put out a truly great romantic comedy in ages, go ahead and skip this one as well.Complete and utter waste of time.

21 May 2012

Really Adorable Entertaining Movie!

I really enjoyed this movie; its the best movie I have seen in a long time! Mostly, I appreciated that it was a fairly wholesome (unoffensive) movie. It was a sweet, light-hearted romance and it was fun getting to see Rome again. I definitely recommend it. :-)

20 May 2012

a silly chick flick

This movie was fun to watch. I did not take this film seriously (a magic fountain of love?) and just sat back to enjoy this silly movie. Most of the characters were over-the-top but that added to the fun of watching it. This film is strictly lighthearted fluff.Kirsten Bell attends her sister's wedding in Italy and in a misguided belief that she is saving people from the horrors of love, takes four coins from a magical fountain. Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard (hilarious), Jon Heder, Will Arnett and Josh Dumel are now under a love spell. Plenty of comical situations ensue. Personally, the dark restaurant and small Italian car were my favorites. We all know it's going to have a happy ending and sometimes a lighthearted movie is good thing. This film will not win any awards but it did make me smile.

20 May 2012

When in Rome

This review is from: When In Rome (DVD) I saw this in the theatres and really enjoyed it so I just had to have it. Good feel good movie. Let's you escape the real world for a little while. Isn't that what a movie should do? Would definitely recommend.

18 May 2012

LOVE THIS MOVIE!

Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel star in When in Rome. Beth (Kristen Bell) attends her younger sister, Joan's (Alexis Dziena) wedding in Rome, Italy. Beth meets Nick, (Josh Duhamel) who was the Best Man at the wedding. At the wedding reception Beth grabs coins from the Trevi Fountain. When Beth returns to New York, she meets four creepy guys that are under a spell to love her.You will just have you watch the movie to see what happens to Nick and Beth. I love is movie and everyone who watches this movie will love it too!

17 May 2012

Kristen, What were you thinking?

Kristen Bell is everyone's favorite Polish American actress but she's yet to find the right project for her amazing talents after her fantastic stint on Veronica Mars, 2004-2007."When in Rome," directed by Mark Steven Johnson, is a flop from start to finish. The entire concept is ludicrous. Beth (Bell), an unlucky-in-love, New York art museum curator, travels to Rome for her sister's wedding. In despair over her own lack of romance, she grabs five coins out of a "fountain of love," creating some kind of spell in which the gentlemen who threw the coins fall in love with her and pursue her back to New York. She likes Nick (Josh Duhamel), but mistakenly believes he's under the spell and not acting of his own accord. In the end, Beth realizes her error and she and Nick find everlasting happiness.This film doesn't fail because of Kristen Bell. She's as cute as a button and employs all of those familiar facial expressions that endeared her to fans of Veronica Mars. The girl's got looks and smarts. Neither can you blame the excellent, big-name supporting cast; try Anjelica Huston, John Heder, Polish American Alexis Dziena, Peggy Lipton, Danny DeVito, and Don Johnson. The performances of SNL comedian, Bobby Moynihan, and Dax Shepard are two of the movie's few funny, bright spots.No, this film fails so miserably because the plot is ridiculous beyond comprehension. I was constantly checking the DVD time tracker to see how many more minutes of torture I had to endure watching this bust. What were you thinking, Kristen?For everyone who liked this flick and thinks my review isn't helpful, check out the lists for the Worst Movies of 2010; When In Rome is included on just about every one of them. Don't waste a second of your life on this dud.

16 May 2012

When In Rome has many funny moments but the story is plain bad

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DarkVulcan29

16 May 2012

I never imagined a trip to Rome can be so joyless.

The story starts with Beth(Kristen Bell) a young curator, who's good ather job, but unlucky in love. Beth takes a little time off too attendher sisters wedding. She soon meets Nick(Josh Dumael), and she feelsthey are hitting it off good. But quickly gets drunk when Beth thinkshe has run off with another woman. She walks in the fountain of love,and picks out some change, that gets the attention of the fourdifferent people that threw the change in, A magi can(Jon Hedder),Sausage salesman(Danny Devito) male model(Dax Shepard), Artist(WillArnett), and maybe Nick. What is gonna come of Beths life when thesedifferent men start pursuing her? My Life In Ruins had more moments than this. Kristen Bell is always adelight, She is like Sarah Jessica Parkers younger sister, but in thisfilm I'm sorry to say, she just did not make an impression this time.And Josh Dumael, I don't doubt that he is a good actor, but him doingcomedy looked awful, he came across trying way too hard, watching himdo comedy, is like watching The Three Stooges trying to do Shakespeare.And the talents of Danny Devito and Will Arnett are wasted, Not tomention Dax Shepard(who we all know in real life is Kristen Bells reallife boyfriend) who usually is very funny, but here he doesn't do much.Although this movie had two funny moments, it's just so joyless.

15 May 2012

When In Rome has many funny moments but the story is plain bad

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14 May 2012

Very enjoyable, zany

The premise of this story is that while visiting Rome, the protagonist, a young female curator at a major U.S. museum, plucks several coins from a fountain of love. The fountain is magical, and each man who threw the coin in (originally) falls immediately in love with her. The movie was slapstick and laugh out loud funny. The suitors do some very hilarious actions to win over the protagonist. They each have a distinct characterisation that is cliched. For example, one of the suitors is a street magician, so he will always try to do crazy magic tricks to impress the protagonist. A lot of the comedy seems to come from the interactions of these crazed, cliched suitors with each other and the protagonist. Also in the middle of this storm of suitors, the protagonist still has to do her stressful museum work! I also found a cheesy and sweet love story for her with Josh Duhamel's character.

11 May 2012

Thoroughly Fun Entertainment

This review is from: When in Rome (Amazon Instant Video) Kristen Bell is delightful. This young woman lights up the film. This movie is totally without vulgarity and stupid sophomoric humor. That is so refreshing these days. The cast of supporting characters are absolute fun. I loved every goofy one of them. And Danny Devito is so so sweet in this film. Beth, a women in love with her career and afraid of commitment flies to Rome for her sister's wedding. While there she cavorts in a fountain known for it's effect on wishes of love. After that it is a wonderful, lighthearted romp of wacky suitors and madcap situations. Can lightening storms and blackouts and clown cars keep Beth and the possible love of her life apart. Watch and see. Mushy and wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

del91

10 May 2012

Yeesh.

Well here we go. Another stale Hollywood romantic comedy. I would likeat least some good characterization, no matter how clichéd the plot is.Nevertheless, the movie's abrupt short length prevents thatcharacterization.While the scenery and production design were top-notch, one wonders whythe budget does not reflect on the mediocre script. The jokes are cornyand stale. We've seen many guys and girls fall head-over-heels in aslapstick kind for way over two decades now, Hollywood really needssome new ideas when it comes to romantic comedies. (They still need towork on their action and horror though. Science fiction, fantasy anddrama still running smoothly).Kristen Bell is sweet. Josh Duhamel is actually quite good in hisbreakout comedic role. But the supporting actors are solid, with DaxShepard, Jon Heder, Will Arnett and Danny DeVito giving some goodchuckles (not laughs) along the ride. But I wish Hollywood would stopgiving Angelica Huston bossy/snobbish type roles. She deserves better.A surprise appearance from Don Johnson doesn't help either.So in short, it's yet another bland romantic comedy from Tinseltown,and my neutral expectations were not met. See it for a waste of time.Didn't Hollywood learn anything from "(500) Days Of Summer"?Overall value: 4/10

DiamondGirl427

10 May 2012

Not Very Creative...Only Semi-Funny

For a film that offered an array of well known stars...it was quite alet-down really. It seemed more like a movie possibly created by astudent who may have dropped out of film school before learning thebasics. It had holes in the plot..few of the characters had any realchemistry between them and most of the story made little sense. A womansteals coins out of a wishing fountain in Italy and suddenly, all thepeople who they belonged to originally are effected and they HAVE tofind her because they LOVE her!! They follow her all over theplace..even wind up in her apartment and won't leave...(OK..strange mencome into your home...but what do you do? You sit down with them andtalk...instead of calling the police??..un huh...sure)...And all of theoutdoor scenes are so staged...if you were on a random street..runninglike a wild woman or jumping around crazy in a fountain...wouldn'tpeople stop and look at you? In those scenes as well as a fewothers...NO ONE NOTICED OR REACTED..!! I guess things like that happenon a regular basis in Rome. The humor was overdone...and so many thingsshould have been left out..the car stuffed with everyone racing throughthe streets was a bit ridiculous...and so unbelievable...she could havegotten across town safer and just as quick in a cab...how did the guyget his little car there that fast from Rome anyway...? Over and overagain..this kind of thing seemed to happen. The stars of this mess musthave been doing the writer or director a favor by doing this...why anywell known actor or actress would chose it willingly makes no sense.Don't spend much on renting this...in fact skip it altogether and saveyour money.

09 May 2012

Predictable, but hilariously funny!!!!

This movie may have been predictable from the beginning, but it was so darn right funny throughout, that you forget about all of the silly antics and just enjoy the slapstick of it. I personally thought is was a lot funnier than some of the other movies out there (Hot Tub Time Machine, yuck!, She's out of my League..). It was also clean without profanity, (maybe a couple) and uncalled for sex that happens in most "comedy" movies anymore. I rank it up there with The Proposal and Napoleon Dynamite. Funny writing, funny characters, funny scenes, do the trick of providing for an enjoyable movie experience. I love you When in Rome. I love you!!!!!!!! LOL

kwraikarn

06 May 2012

The worst film Ive ever seen.

Really. The cast is great, but not in this. Angelica Houston, DannyDevito, Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel... it should have been at the veryleast OK. But it was SO bad. Painfully so. Embarrassingly so. I loveromantic comedies. I watch them almost religiously. I watch almostevery release that can claim, even loosely, to be a romantic comedy. Ilove the silly banter and the eye rolling, I love the predictability -I was very disappointed that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn'scharacters didn't get together at the end of the Break- Up. I feltcheated. But this film had NO magic, NO chemistry, NOTHING butcringe-worthy slapstick and oh... painful... embarrassing for allinvolved.Avoid at all costs, or watch it, to understand how bad it is.

lemangum80

06 May 2012

I liked it but.....

What was up with Josh Duhammel?? I normally am captivated by hisperformances, but he seemed like he was on another planet the wholemovie and that Kristen Bell was trying to deal with his bad acting.Overall, I liked the movie...but he could've done about 5 times betterif he had really tried. Cheat on Fergie = too much distraction???? Imjust saying. I loved Angelica Houston and Danny Devito. Even Dax andArchie were hilarious. Dude, Pedro made me laugh out loud!!! Where haveyou been Pedro? It was a little stale at times but overall entertainingand kept my attention. Not many actresses could've kept up that rolethe whole movie as Kristen did. Even with her annoying sister (who Icant stand on Entourage). Do better next time Josh, you are too hot!

john

05 May 2012

A SLILLY CHICK FLICK WORST OFF

A SLILLY CHICK FLICK FRIST OFF HERE'S A MOVIE THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER IN SO MANY BETTER MOVIES. 2 OFF THE LOVE BEWEETN THESE 2 DOSET EVEN TRY TOO WORK BECOUSE WE KNOW WANTS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT DOSE. 3 THE STORY IS THE STUPETEST BECOUSE HOW COULD YOU RALLY BELIVE THESE 2 ARE MADE FOR ANOTHER. KIRESTIN BALL IS ONE TALNTED LADY I LOVE HER IN SARA MARSHAL BUT HERE AND COUPLES RETREAT SHE JUST KIND OF ACTS SLILLY STUPTED SHE NEED BETTER STORY TELLING I THINK SHE CAN DO IT IF IT WORKS LIKE SARA MASHAL. SO I SAY SKIP THIS ONE ONE OUT OF 4 STARS THIS FEATURE IS RANTED PG-13 FOR SEXUAL CONTENT AND LANGUNGE

04 May 2012

CORNY

Some "Laugh Out Loud" moments but overall VERY corny and disappointing. I'll never let my sister recommend a movie again ;)

04 May 2012

A love story in the Eternal City shouldnt drag eternally

This review is from: When In Rome (DVD) I've almost just about had it with all these romantic comedies postulating that beautiful girls are so dang unlucky in love, that they can't land a dude. Although, okay, to turn it around, I don't really want to watch a flick featuring an absolute bow-wow who's unlucky in love, so I guess I know where the cinema industry is coming from. For instance, WHEN IN ROME happens to star Kristen Bell instead of, say, Rachel Dratch. So it makes more sense when, in the movie, a vain male model informs Kristen Bell: "I don't know whether to look at my own reflection or you. That's how beautiful you are!" Kristen Bell is easy on the old eyeballs.Kristen Bell plays Beth Martin, a harried curator at the Guggenheim musem. Beth is dedicated to her career more so than to any boyfriend, and this is why her latest beau had dumped her a year ago. And yet Beth can't help but fixate on her dismal love life, so it's more a downer when she learns that her baby sister is set to wed this dashing Roman after a mere two weeks' acquaintance. Beth flies to the Eternal City for the ceremony. Things happen. She ends up wallowing in self-pity in the famous Fontana de Amore, where all romantics toss in coins and wish for love. The plot gets going when Beth, inebriated and not buying what the Fountain of Love's selling, plucks five coins from the fountain. So take that, Fountain of Love. Beth wasn't aware of the legend.Legend has it that the Fountain's magical flow is reversed when a coin is taken from the Fountain, that whoever absconds with that coin then becomes the target of love from whoever had originally tossed in the coin. Back home in New York, Beth Martin is suddenly beset (I guess "courted" is another word) by five weird guys: a street magician (Jon Heder), a tortured Italian painter (Will Arnett), a self-absorbed male model (Dax Shepard), a sausage mogul (Danny DeVito), and an accident-prone sports reporter (Josh Duhamel) who once was struck by lightning. Of these five, Nick the sports reporter comes off as the most normal. The film doesn't at all try to be subtle in fingering Nick as the guy we should root for.I had never heard of WHEN IN ROME until I saw the DVD release, and so maybe alarms should've been going off in the old noggin. I got this DVD based on Kristen Bell being the lead, and Kristen Bell has amassed tons of good will from me for her time on the addictive, gone-too-soon VERONICA MARS. Kristen's appeal is still very much evident on the big screen. She's a fine comedienne and she's beautiful, and it's not enough. Not when she's framed in an inert screenplay that embarrassingly tries too hard for the obvious laughs. It undermines all the good things Bell brings to the table.One of the biggest snafus, I think, is that the film peppers in too many uninteresting, unfunny oddball personalities. Beth's offbeat best friend and Nick's best friend seem like they're there only because the romantic comedy formula calls for an offbeat buddy. More tellingly, Beth's suitors seem more creepy than quirky and sweet. Excepting Nick, these guys come off more like stalkers. In one scene Jon Heder's street magician breaks into Beth's apartment, and that's creepy enough. But when his buddy Pedro from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE tags along to record the proceedings, it really becomes this disturbing $#!+, man. And the first thing that struck me when Beth amscrayed with those five coins from the Fountain: what if one of those coins had belonged to a woman? That would've been a nice reveal.Thru some unforeseen twist - because I don't think the screenplay writers intended this at all - the funniest person - for me, anyway - turns out to be that deadpan waitress at Beth and Nick's blackout restaurant date. She's only onscreen for a few minutes. On the other hand, Josh Duhamel's comedic contribution amounts to his character habitually walking into poles.The picture never does work out the height differential between Bell and Duhamel, and so there are times when they just look awkward on screen simply because of his towering over her by a foot or so. At least Duhamel wasn't shown alone with Alexis Dziena who plays Kristen's younger sister. Dziena is even tinier than Kristen. WHEN IN ROME draws 3 stars out of 5 from me, and I think I'm being generous. I still got love for Kristen Bell. Just, please, don't show her again with lettuce on her teeth. What is this, I Love Lucy?For better Kristen Bell flicks, go check out FIFTY PILLS, GRACIE'S CHOICE, and FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. And there's always VERONICA MARS. Heck, I even liked PULSE.

03 May 2012

Not a strong effort

Kristen Bell is a workaholic who has not had time to find a man to settle down with, yet she desires companionship. While attending the wedding of her sister in Italy, she inadvertently casts a spell over several men, who are now in love with her. Despite a strong cast, this film lacks elements of charm, humor, and romance, all of which are absent in this weak effort.