The Dotted Logline

While I wouldn’t say I’m a huge Kevin Smith fan, I have enjoyed the movies of his that I’ve seen (which is all of them except Mallrats) and especially liked Dogma. But the bad reviews of Jersey Girl had kept me away and I wasn’t terribly interested in seeing it when my family rented it.

But I was pleasantly surprised. There were some odd contrasts, with it feeling like a family film one moment and Liv Tyler talking about how she masturbates twice a day the next. But the acting was good, the writing was funny, and the story flowed reasonably well (though it could have been a little tighter in some spots.) Overall, it was an enjoyable movie, and I regret I avoided it for as long as I did. Though when I checked, I found Roger Ebert gave it a good review, so yet again I find that I should look at what he says more than any other critic.