Cinema (May 1999)
Spot
Light
Forces
of nature
Shortly before his wedding, Ben Affleck
has to deal with several natural disasters - and with Sandra Bullock
No matter what adventures cinema-heros
may have to survive, before the end credits show up a couple will kiss. That’s
not different here too, there's only the question: who will kiss whom?
At the beginning it all seems clear for the burgeois
Ben: next weekend he will marry Bridget, the daughter of a wealthy family.
Indeed, he feels some last doubts: can a marriage really make happy? His
grandpa says no, his friends say no, but all these urging people are living in
tight relationships. Hence, Ben thinks it can't be so bad and so he leaves for a
journey from
But then everything, even nature itself, turns against his road to
marriage: Ben's airplane doesn't start, he gets arrested, his
railroad car gets uncoupled and finally a hurricane rises up. However, the
biggest desaster whatsoever
hits him in shape of Sarah. Instantly the excentric
girl messes up the Control freak with her impulsive nature. Both couldn't be
more different but nevertheless something special evolves between them. Love? Ben doesn't trust the whole thing, he always wants to
flee - but somehow he doesn't succeed.
Under the easy handed stage direction of the former commercial maker Bronwan Hughes, this lovestory
turns into an amazingly funny roadmovie.
And by the way into a for
And of course in the end there is a couple.
Volker Marquart
© 1999 by Cinema
translated
by Marko von der
Heide