The Scenester: A Perfect Getaway, Julie and Julia, controversy and more

You know you want more from this week's Movie Section. If you only picked up the print edition, you didn't get to read Drew Lazor's review of A Perfect Getaway, which he gave a B-. Lo and behold:

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The Scenester: A Perfect Getaway, Julie and Julia, controversy and more

POSTED: Monday, August 10, 2009, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies | Scenester trailer!

You know you want more from this week's Movie Section. If you only picked up the print edition, you didn't get to read Drew Lazor's review of A Perfect Getaway, which he gave a B-. Lo and behold:

A slick little eye-candy thriller with the soul of a music video, A Perfect Getaway looks the part ' but writer/director David Twohy's smart-alecky postmodern leanings end up smudging the gloss. Hollywood scribe Cliff (Steve Zahn) and his new bride Cydney (Milla Jovovich) decide to celebrate their fresh-out-the-box nuptials by hiking the remote, treacherous trails of Kaua'i. When word reaches fellow hikers that police are hunting for a couple suspected of a brutal double slaying, the yuppies do what yuppies do best ' cast paranoid judgment on everyone around them, including Nick and Gina (Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez), an affable but unsettling duo. Twohy's playful who's-hoodwinking-who work is often sharp (Olyphant's particularly fun as a batty ex-special ops killer), and the tension pops against the gorgeous tropical backdrops. But considering there are only so many actual characters, it's difficult not to foresee the epic 'twist' that's been so hyped up via the movie's marketing arm. That Twohy insists on using Cliff's screenwriting job as an excuse to get way cutesy on us ' they talk about red herrings, while surrounded by them! ' doesn't quite help.

More after the jump'

Julie & Julia [C+]

Prodigious Crit Mass readers will remember, but for those new to the party, I took issue with Sean Burns' review from the Weekly.

Adam [C-]

The Cove [A-]

Jerichow [B+]

Paper Heart [C+]

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