An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, to be honest, it is a rather obscure feature and it is rather forgotten nowadays but anything directed by Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson was pretty much a must see in my book. Eventually, even though the performances were decent enough (Would you expect anything else Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson?), unfortunately, the story was rather weak. Apparently, it was based on the life of Nora Ephron and her failed marriage with Carl Bernstein, the famous journalist involved in the Watergate scandal. Even though thus concept was not necessarily bad, in fact , you realize pretty quickly that the whole thing was seriously one-sided (Basically, the wife is a poor victim and the husband is worthless unreliable cheater) and it didn’t result in a really rewarding watch. To make things worse, neither of these characters was really interesting and what they were going through was just seriously generic and therefore not really spellbinding either. A year later, Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson would work again together in the movie ‘Ironweed’ which I haven’t seen yet but it seems slightly more promising than this feature. Anyway, to conclude, it’s too bad because this movie had some potential but, in spite of its flaws, it is still worth a look though, especially if you are interested in Meryl Streep or in Jack Nicholson. 


6/10