The TV Addict 

I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN
Though Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd do their best to elevate Amy Heckerling’s (CLUELESS) muddled, unfocused script, they can’t. Heckerling means well, wanting to lightly critique society’s hypocrisy regarding older men dating younger women being okay, but not vice versa, as well as offer a feminist look at the forty-something modern single career mother. There is too much superficial silliness going on here, as well as too many sub-plots and poor choices.

For example, the inexplicable insertion of Mother Nature as a character who can break the fourth wall and can interact with Pfeiffer, the unrealistic relationship between mother and child, and moments that are meant to be poignant, but just end up making you feel awkward and a little embarrassed. Sometimes the path to a bad movie is paved with good intentions.
Grade: C-

THE MIST
What slightly elevates Frank Darabont’s adaptation of a Stephen King novella from being a more than competent and engaging B-movie horror flick with the usual order of chills, thrills, and goofy camp, is its sociological and political resonance (and Marcia Gay Hayden’s frightening performance). Using its claustrophobic setting, the film engages in a pop exploration of human nature in survival situations, while simultaneously veering into post-9/11 allegory. Sure, sometimes its overwrought, but then again, by the time you get to the sucker-punch ending, that’s probably all you’ll be left thinking about anyway.
Grade: B

WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY
A dark, quirky and surreal little indie romantic comedy that takes place in a run-down, desolate sub level of after-life (that strongly resemble pockets of Arizona) dedicated solely to those who committed suicide. The film mostly centers on Zia (Patrick Fugit) quest to find his girlfriend, along with some friends, Eugene (Shea Whigham) just along for the ride, and the pretty Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon) who claims she is only in the after-life by accident, and is looking for those in charge to correct the error. The film is exactly the kind of silly and sweet one needs every now and then, full of quirky characters, places and events. Also it has Tom Waits and Will Arnett in it. What more do you need?
Grade: B+