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When in Rome (2010)

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

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When in hell, more like… Just when you thought the idea of basing a major plot point on a handful of ‘magic coins’ would’ve been deemed too ludicrous even for Hollywood, along comes ‘When in Rome’ and drags us right back to zero. Kristin Bell (Sarah from ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) is the sassy, whip-smart gallery curator over in the Italian capital for her younger sister’s wedding. As with Sandra Bullock in ‘The Proposal’, it’s taken as read that she can’t have a job and a boyfriend at the same time, and so she begins to worry when she becomes an object of desire for five self-obsessed dimwits, the result of said ‘magic coins’ which are drunkenly swiped from a fountain. You get the sense that had this been stripped of all its magical realist idiocy, there might have been a sweet, throwaway romcom in there somewhere. As it stands, you’re just left to ponder how the hell this mirthless garbage got the green light.

Author: David Jenkins

Time Out London Issue 2079: 24-30 June, 2010

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Nefertiiti said...

Posted on Apr 08 2010 11:09 Was this supposed to be a RomCom or a spoof of a RomCom? Either way it was silly and I still regret that I have seen this movie. Terrible, terrible. Infact so terrible that I ma sure there has to be a reason. maybe a hidden message in the movie for someone? Definitely wasn't a movie intended to make money, I am sure

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Nkoyo said...

Posted on Feb 10 2010 22:52 This movie was so bad I almost wanted to cry. Why would actors try to destroy their careers like this. It was like the studio was seriously trying to make a really bad film and put everyone of RomComs forever.
A complete waste of time, I wouldnt even ask my enemy to go see this.

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