Summer blockbuster season continues this weekend with Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott. This is the team that brought us Gladiator ten years ago, and that made some money and won a bunch of awards, including the Oscar for Best Picture. Interestingly, the reviews for Gladiator were kind of middling, and Robin Hood is starting out that way too, with Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter marveling at Scott’s ability to tell a tale, while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly thinks the whole thing is a stodgy waste of time. Also opening is Just Wright, a romantic comedy starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist to sports stars, and Common as the NBA player who needs her help. (Probably they fall in love or something.) Not very many critics have seen this film, but the ones that have aren’t impressed. Finally among big openers is Letters to Juliet; starring Amanda Seyfried (Mama Mia, Dear John) as a traveler in Verona, Italy, who volunteers to answer heartsick letters to the fictional Juliet of Romeo and Juliet fame, and ends up playing Cupid to a woman (Vanessa Redgrave) and her long lost love. Again, critics aren’t wowed. If you’re looking for some fun, Iron Man 2 is hoping to continue its box office juggernaut this weekend, and did you hear about this little film, Babies? It’s a documentary about the first year in the life of four babies from around the world. It was a surprise hit last weekend, in a little documentary kind of way. Playing in scattered art house theaters around the country. Might be a nice antidote to blockbuster fever.
Me personally, I will probably see Babies. Our oldest is graduating from college this weekend, and my husband has gotten all sentimental on me. So it looks like Babies from here.
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