Did
You Hear
About The Morgans?
Now, I am starting to understand why Hollywood continues to deliver up
sequels and remakes. If these are the new and groundbreaking ideas,
there is no hope for originality.
Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Meryl Morgan - an up-and-coming real
estate mogul in New York City. She is separated from her husband, Paul
(Hugh Grant), but he isn't willing to give up on the marriage, and she
is tempted to give it another chance because she feels her biological
clock is ticking (at their age, the only way Grant and Parker's clocks
are ticking is if they hit the snooze alarm 6 or 7 times), so Meryl
agrees to have dinner with the guy.
As Meryl and Paul make their way to a meeting with Meryl's latest
client, the two witness a hitman, Vincent (Michael Kelly), murder the
potential homebuyer. Of course, Vincent also sees Meryl and Paul, so
the U.S. Marshal's service decides it is best to put the two
Manhattanites into the witness protection program, which means they
have to trade their yuppie, urban, up all night, high powered, trendy
NYC lifestyle for the slower pace of Wyoming (they have to shop at the
Bargain Barn!).
Will Meryl and Paul be able to survive in a rural environment?
Will the hitman find them?
Will they rekindle their love for each other and save their marriage?
If it wasn't for Grant, Did You Hear About The Morgans? would
be competing for worst comedy of the decade. Instead, it's just in the
running for worst comedy of the year.
Writer/director Marc Lawrence delivers a movie so absurd, I can't
believe they didn't find a role for Steven Segal. I know this is a
movie, so it doesn't need to be grounded in reality, but this is the
best idea Lawrence could come up with?
Did You Hear About The Morgans? is full of all
of the typical stories, scenarios and characters. The big city folks
have uncomfortable encounters with nature. Sam Elliott is the town
sheriff who is all grizzled and laconically looks askew at these hyper
city people who don't appreciate the simple things in life. The
townspeople are so trusting they leave their keys in their cars in case
someone needs to borrow one to take a ride home. They only needed to
show a few apple pies cooling on the windowsills of elderly old
grandmas to bash us over the head a little bit more.
Luckily, Grant has fantastic delivery and timing to make the most
predictable of lines funny, so you get a few laughs along the way, but
he and Parker share no chemistry. While 99% of the Did You Hear
About The Morgans? is unbelievable, the sections where the two hate
each other might be the most authentic scenes in the movie.
Did You Hear About The Morgans? is rated PG-13
for some sexual references and momentary violence.
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