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Clarkson and McAdams take on "Married Life"

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scribegrrrl

Ordinarily, I wouldn't be particularly drawn to a movie called Married Life, but it stars Patricia Clarkson and Rachel McAdams — two of my favorites.

It looks sort of Mad Men–esque in its sensibilities, or maybe like Far From Heaven (I adore that movie), but mixed with, uh, Fargo and American Beauty and Pushing Daisies? I should stop making comparisons, since it also looks unique. Here's the trailer so you can see for yourself:



I do love a dark, quirky film. The plot summary on ComingSoon.net makes it sound pretty great: "A wry blend of dark humor, romantic deception, and stylish melodrama — with an invigorating dash of suspense — Married Life is an unconventional fable for grown-ups about the irresistible power and utter madness of love."

Hey, look how fondly Patricia and Rachel gaze at each other when I put their photos together!

Too bad they don't seem to have many (or any) scenes together, judging by the production stills. Sigh. But at least they're paired with good actors (Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper).

Married Life has been making the festival rounds and debuts in the U.S. on March 7 (limited release).

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    • Submitted by
    scribegrrrl
    on February 28, 2008 - 2:02pm.
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    gypsywee's picture

    Frankly...

    Submitted by
    gypsywee (1052 posts)
    on February 28, 2008 - 2:29pm.
    I'd watch any movie with Patricia Clarkson. Add in another pretty girl, some damn fine actors, and cool "look," and I am so sitting my ass down in the theatre to see this movie. :D
    HallyB's picture

    Leisha Hailey?

    Submitted by
    HallyB (165 posts)
    on February 28, 2008 - 7:09pm.
    Was that Leisha Hailey in the trailer? The shop girl where he buys the poison? This movie looks like fun.
    lushbliss's picture

    Rachel

    Submitted by
    lushbliss (102 posts)
    on February 28, 2008 - 11:23pm.
    I loooooove rachel mcadams, so obviously Im going to see it blindly but it actually looks good.
    Rebecca's picture

    I just saw this *exact* plot on...

    Submitted by
    Rebecca (11 posts)
    on February 29, 2008 - 1:36pm.

    an old Alfred Hitchcock episode, last week. Well, the ep originated in the 50s, not last week ;-). It's exactly the same, from what I could see in the trailer. Actually, it looked like I was watching bits of the episode as I watched the trailer, down to the scene in the pharmacy, the scene in the restaurant as the two men discuss "the problem," the bicarbonate for the wife's indigestion, ETC.. I hope that either the same writer wrote this movie script, or the Hitchcock ep is no longer under copyright laws, or something. I can't have been the only one who watched the ep, since the series is shown 5 times a day (on Chiller, a cable network).

    Wtf?

    I'm also disappointed, because I love both Clarkson and McAdams, and I even like the men, and I'm particularly interested in the 50s right now -- why I watched Hitchcock -- and.... I know what the twist is. And, I don't like rehashes, or as I usually think of them RipOffs. More proof that there is minimal creativity in Hollywood, big surprise. I just don't get it.

     


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