Adjectives

I was fortunate enough to see the movie The Holiday over the weekend. It's a romantic comedy with (in order of stalkability) Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black. My verdict: It is what I thought it was. No suprises. Engaging cast. Not bad. Not great.

I went on Rottentomatoes.com to see what the critics thought and was particulary struck by one review, the New York Observer's Rex Reed who describes the movie as "so loaded with charm that it makes you glow all over and puts a smile in your heart." To describe a movie as "loaded with charm" instantly makes me want to see movie. This got me thinking to what other types of reviews would make me want to see the movie. Here are my top 5:

5. "Packed with so much vein-popping adrenaline that it makes crystal meth feel like a cup of coffee."

4. "Loaded with so many laughs that your sides will literally split and begin to bleed."

3."Filled with sassy CGI talking animals with celebrity voices and a myriad of pop culture references that make it meanlingless after next year."

2."A movie that shows the gritty conflict between a idealistic young cop and the his fellow officers who are jaded by what they see in the line of duty."

1. "A film that is coated and dripping with delicious covering of wry irony that sardonically savages current American culture/poltics/people."