{"id":1152,"date":"2007-08-02T14:25:05","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2020-08-22T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T21:25:26","slug":"no-reservations-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/blog\/2007\/08\/02\/no-reservations-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"No Reservations (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are big fans of the German film Mostly Martha<\/em> on which this is based, so I admit that I sat down in the theater with some misgivings as to whether I was going to enjoy the film. They were unfounded. It’s kind of a “food movie” so I knew I wasn’t going to hate it, but I didn’t expect to enjoy myself as much as I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Reservations closely follows its inspiration, as it should, but L thinks the ending is different. I couldn’t remember. (I think J has our copy of the Mostly Martha DVD and we’re looking forward to re-viewing the original.) If it is different, then I think No Reservations is better, in the way that shaving some white truffle improves the perfectly poached egg. Unnecessary, perhaps, but you’re going to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zeta-Jones is always fun to watch and she manages to project the necessary “perfectionist single woman” despite being “too hot to be single” if you know what I mean. Aaron Eckhart, on the other hand, plays the unwanted love interest adequately but he is slightly unconvincing because he plays it as a “too hot and charming to be unencumbered by previous relationships” guy. But what the heck. All is made up for by the perfect casting of Abigail Breslin as the newly-motherless moppet. She’s perfect, adorable, and we just wanted to take her home and pet her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Totally recommended if you have a honey you can go see it with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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