Film Review: When In Rome

Kristen Bell....tsk tsk. I guess you just can't escape crud like this fair. Then again, neither can the talented cast ranging from your future-hubby Dex Shepard to Josh Duhamel to Danny DeVitto.

Kristen Bell plays Beth Harper, a single artist who goes to Rome to find love. When she takes coins from a love fountain, she finds many suitors waiting for her. Could one of them be her future love?

I love ensemble casts and this one has a lot of good names (missed you Jon Heder!) but none of them work in a film that seems to miss obvious gags to use and instead uses idiotic slapstick's jokes throughout. The direcotr has shown his sloppiness before in the horrid Daredevil and Ghost Rider...but why should he of all people stoop this low?

Rating: 4.9 out of 10 or D+

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DVD Review: Deck The Halls

Critics can be stupid. I mean, they hate all kinds of films that are actually a ton of fun (i.e. Lnd of the Lost). This film is a prime example of that. A stupid film that's a lot of fun.

Steve Finch (Mathew Broderick) is the Christmas guy around town, but Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito) has moved in and decides to be seen from space. How? By hanging up more ligths than anyone, thus ruining Steve's Christmas guy crown. Wow!

Danny is always fun to watch and here is no exception. He has a nice touch around him that makes him likeable yet an enemy. Mathew Borderick is great as Steve, brings a sensibility to the character. There's also a ton of good gags abounding in this film that really are fun to watch. The film as a whole ain't a classic, but it is a blast anyway.

Rating: 7.8 out of 10 or B+

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