Jon's got Sigourney Weaver (last on in December), promoting that movie with the multi-generational bully saga:
Three generations of high school bullies are reunited with their victims decades later in the upcoming comedy, YOU AGAIN. KRISTEN BELL plays a woman devastated to learn that her brother is marrying the person who made high school hell for her. As if that weren’t enough, it’s revealed that the bride’s aunt (SIGOURNEY WEAVER) was the high school rival of the groom’s mother (JAMIE LEE CURTIS)...featuring supporting performances by BETTY WHITE, ODETTE YUSTMAN and KRISTEN CHENOWETH, the film is an exercise in pretty broad comedy...
RottenTomatoes has no reviews up (it doesn't open until Friday). There are trailers floating around, of course, but I didn't find much fluff-press at all. One print interview (and an audio interview accompanying the above quote), a couple 'things someone else's interview revealed' snippets, some stuff about how she's "considering hitting the stage with her portrayal of ageing stripper Gypsy Rose Lee after TV bosses put a planned project on hold" (the blogs loooove that headline, though they could've been more creative. I guess 'Stripper' on its own is attention-getting enough), assorted other bits & pieces (someone posted a wierd dream with a Sigourney Weaver character who wasn't Sigourney Weaver). Jamie Lee Curtis, though:
For once, Jamie Lee Curtis is thrilled to have crap on her resume.
"I have a job where I advertise yogurt that makes you poop and that people love and people tell me about their bowel movements every day," says Curtis, who appears more these days in TV ads for digestive-friendly Activia than she does on the big screen."I never in my life thought when I first was asked by this company, Activia -- Danone -- to be their representative, I really don't think it was just like, 'Oh, it's going to be a cheque, I'm going to do it.' I really thought, 'OK, wait a minute. I'm going to go out and talk about bowel movements and about how people's digestive tracts work. And some work better than others and why and bah bah bah and that this will help.' I really thought, 'OK, is that going to be weird? I mean, is that going to be weird? You're an actor. You're a writer. Is that going to just be a weird thing?' It has turned out to be the most fun thing ...
"The idea that I do something where people come up to me anywhere I am in the world and they go, 'Thank you. Thank you for Activia. It has changed my life.' And I know what they're telling me. They're telling me that the product that I endorse has helped them...
That piece does come around to the topic, though. Sorta:
"Sigourney Weaver was in the most successful movie of all time and she will tell you that, over and over again. My action figure from the piece of s--- Virus is bigger than hers," she says.
"That's all you have to know; size does matter. Hers is half off and mine I bought on eBay for a premium of $8.95 ... I'm just letting you all know that although I understand (Sigourney) speaks French and was in the No. 1 movie ever, my action figure is bigger than hers and that's all that you really need to know about me."
I did find one review, from Metro Spirit: Augusta's Independent Voice (guess they don't make the Tomatometer selection):
Finally, the cartoonish "You Again"... drops this week. These spot-on comediennes are stripped down to immature, insecure witches upset over a wedding and crap that happened in high school.
Why does Hollywood keep revisiting these themes? My husband can tell you that women get worked up about many other things. How about a story about women going nuts over a great career change? How about a story about anything besides trying to land a man?
What’s that? There’s a makeover montage and a scene about the healing power of dancing to Motown’s greatest hits? Well, never mind. Let’s just remake "Practical Magic" in different ways and make a mint! Maybe "Partially PR," "Hardly Hockey," "A Little Legal Aid" and "General Gunsmithing."
No, not that last one. Women might use the guns to take over a studio to make a film that does not resemble male fantasies about what women do when men aren’t around. Here’s a sample, guys: We practice kissing and massage each other’s breast implants. But you’ll never catch us.
I guess we'll see. |