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A First Peek At Brittany Murphy In MOLLY GUNN!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Brittany Murphy is ridiculously cute, and I must admit... I’m almost tempted to go see bad films just to see her in them. I don’t know exactly when it was that she became so silly hot, but it happened, and now she’s starring in a film of her very own, one that our spy has already gotten a peek at...
Hey, first time writer, long time reader, just wanted to give you a quick word on Brittany Murphy's first solo starring effert, Molly Gunn, which I saw a screening of last night.
Brittany Murphy is Molly Gunn, a New York woman on top of the social scene. Her father was a rock star until he and Molly's mom died when she was 8. She now lives on the money that he left for her. But, of course, her money is soon stolen and Molly is forced to move out of her apartment and get a job. The job she gets is that of a nanny to an 8 year old daughter (I Am Sam's Dakota Fanning) to a music exec (a barely there Heather Locklear), who's the absolute biggest brat ever. Borderline obsessive compulsive, who hates anything that isn't clean or orderly, this goes right against what free-spirited Molly Gunn is. At first they hate each other, only to find out, in the end, that they're not so different and form a lasting friendship.
Umm, yeah.
So, first, the good.
Brittany Murphy is absolutely adorable. God, just loved her. She's very game to all the physical comedy she's made to do, which includes jumping into a pond of sewage, and getting hit on by a lesbian. She makes the movie watchable, and sometimes enjoyable.
Dakota Fanning as the girl Molly's taking care of isn't too bad. She drew out a few laughs, ok, more like chuckles, but not too bad.
Donald Faison, as one of Molly's friends and roommate, has some good scenes, but overall just wished he'd stick to his day job, Scrubs, the funniest show on network tv.
The Bad
The story...We've all seen it before, we know everything that's gonna happen hours before it actually happens. Now, I'm a guy who's gotten choked up in quite a few movies, so I'm not emotionless...but at the "heartfelt" moments of the film I just wanted to scream and claw my eyes out. Ugh, bad.
Heather Locklear is in like 3 scenes and is completely wasted, is she really this hard up for a job? And the guy who plays Molly's prospected love/musician just pretty sucked away any life when he was on screen. And, for a guy who's supposed to be the next big thing in music in the movie, the guy was a pretty horrible singer.
Direction by Boaz Yakin (i know i spelled that wrong, sorry) is adequate, but I was expecting more because I quite enjoyed his Remember the Titans. There are a lot of things that don't work in the movie, like when, out of nowhere, Molly is getting seduced by a lesbian, and then whatever the hell was going on between her and Faison...confusing and needing to be re-edited, as does the first 20 or so minutes of the movie which just dragged on and on. But, those can be fixed before release (not coming out till August), the over-all story and that...ugh.
Overall, not a horrible movie, cause it did have some bright spots and my love for Brittany Murphy certainly did help, just not one I'd recommend to check out.
My Grade: C-
Please Call me Tyler Crowe Thanks, Tyler. At least you said she looks adorable. That’s pretty much all I needed to know.
"Moriarty" out.
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In a crack whore idealized Courtney Love sort of way.
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I like her googly eyes...but the new boobs and heroine chic just dont do it for me.
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Yeah, I agree. I think she is a very attractive girl who doesn't need to do that whole heroin chic thing to be noticed. Let's get ring of the ever-present dark rings around her eyes and brighten her up. Also, I think she has much more talent than her choices in project belies. I'm all for the occasional stupid comedy but I think she should stretch herself more.
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Jan 24, 2003 8:52:20 AM CST
Brittany Murphy is hot......but she`s certainly no Steve Guttenb
by elgyn6655321
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in 'Phoenix', a decent little film with ray liota (among several others) She begs Ray for for sex in tiny black bra and knickers. I had wood for a week. Ray on the other hand turned her down for her mum, Anjelica Huston FFS. Also, just found out she's the plain dumpy one in Clueless, Heroin chic makes a bit more sense now.
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Murphy is hot in a weird sort of way, but she too seems to have started suffering from Young Hollywood Actress Anorexia syndrome. Previous victims include: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon... BTW, Murphy is also a solid actress(Cherry Falls, Girl Interrupted). Does anyone know the name of that Hallmark movie about Jewish girls during World War II with Murphy and Kirsten Dunst?
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And Ashley, and Caitlin, and Brianna, and Brandon, and Ashton and you have the Class of 2015. Murphy is hot, but she's definitely below optimal weight. I fear for her.
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I think she plays her part well.
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...so says another website. Ex-con several times over. Tony Soprano time. Me, I think she's a lovely young lady and a wonderful actress. Thank you. -
Brittany has indeed gone too thin,but so do most actresses.Look at all those flat bone thin women on Friends,Will and Grace.Where are the damn curves?And Eliza?She's thin and flat as a board.She's WORSE than Brittany.
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The Dunst-Murphy WWII flick was "The Devil's Arithmetic." Not bad, but it's been done many times before.
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Obviously not a film to attract you geekheads. Murphy doesn't hold any appeal since she lost so much weight. And what is this horrible thing she is in right now with Ashton K.? Do we really want to see her married? What we want is for her to put back on some weight and bare those titties. And act like she is perpetually making DON'T SAY A WORD and that asylum flick with Wynona Ryder.
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Come on dude. She plays the same part in every movie.
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Massive weight loss +dark circles under eyes +spacey personality +fucking Eminem and Ashton=DRUG PROBLEM. Do the Hollywood Math, kids. Oh, and what's this about new boobs? She has boobs now? She sure didn't on SNL.
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