Saturday, October 20, 2007

ABC Family-tastic

On Wednesday I left work a little early to catch a screening of "Greetings From the Shore" at CMJ (gotta love flexible jobs that you can leave early to go to a film festival...). I hadn't really heard anything about it, I just wanted to take advantage of my CMJ pass.

The movie's description made it sound a lot more action-packed than it was - "Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girls spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling and unexpected love."

She was hardly reeling. And there wasn't really anything mysterious about the world she falls into. The description should've been "Still having trouble coping with the death of her father, a young spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl makes the best of her summer by teaching English to the foreign Yacht club staff - unexpectedly falling in love and making some interesting new friends." I know, not as exciting but definitely more accurate. I mean, obviously I know why they went with the other description. I just think it's kind of misleading.

That being said, once you start to realize it's more of a romantic comedy, you can embrace the film in all its cheesy glory. I have to admit, despite all of it's ABC family elements, I enjoyed watching the movie and I left it feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. And I think the movie knew what it was to some extent and poked fun at itself, which made it more fun for the audience. Hey, I even kind of wanted to visit the Jersey shore sometime - and I have that ingrained New York hatred for everything Jersy. So that's an accomplishment.

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