150 Word Review: 'The Idea Of You' (2024)
And here's to you, Mrs. Hathaway
I respond to people who dislike Anne Hathaway the same way I respond to anyone disgusted by cilantro: "That's too bad." As an actor, she is fragile but unbreakable and unfairly derided, which is too bad because she's usually a hoot onscreen.
And Hathaway casually shows off in The Idea Of You, a steamy, taboo age-gap romance that bravely asks, "What if two hot consenting adults found each other hot?" She is intelligent and sexy, yet refreshingly human, in what is a watchable, horny, occasionally weepy love story directed with panache by Michael Showalter.
It's pure fantasy: a sophisticated divorced mom resists the charms of a millionaire pop star half her age and fails spectacularly. The dude is Nicholas Galitzine, handsome and sincere. There's lots of kissing. Does Galitzine have chemistry with Hathaway? It could be that Hathaway can fake it—she's that good. They mustn't. Oh, but they must.
New 150 Word Review: ‘Targets’ (1968)
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Top 5 Anne Hathaway Movies
5. 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006)
4. 'Les Misérables' (2012)
3. 'Colossal' (2016)
2. 'Rachel Getting Married' (2008)
1. 'Interstellar' (2014)
New 150 Word Review: 'Les Enfants terribles' (1950)
Grief, friendship, Jazz Hands. My debut memoir, Theatre Kids, comes out June 18th.
I didn’t think I would like this movie, but I did. Women should be able to date younger men without being called a cougar.
I love Anne Hathaway and cilantro.
I've been firmly on the Hathaway Train since 2002, when she did CARNIVAL! at Encores. I already thought she was cute, but I fell in love with her then.