John Cusack leads a fourth-wall breaking comedy drama based on a 1995 Nick Hornby novel of the same name (that I've not read). It’s about a guy in his mid-thirties, Rob, a record store owner, who lists his Top 5 relationship breakups as a means to put his current one in perspective. His incremental move toward acceptance of his own broken nature is cleverly edited and filled with sharp dialogue. Rob’s sullenness would be tiring if not for the contrasts afforded him by the people around him. In that respect, despite his shakiness, he’s the rock upon which all other aspects of the film depend.
3½ professional appreciators out of 5
3 comments:
This is one of the many faces of Cusack that immediately makes me think of Neg.
Neg. Cusack.
It's a thing.
A sayanything.
XD See what I did there, bitches?
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and 3½ visions of The Boss out of 5 too.
Hohoho :D
5 Coooosby Sweattahs out of 5
"I love you in the same way, there's a chapel in a hospital. One foot in your bedroom and one foot out the door."
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