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Kettle of Fish Matthew Modine stars as Mel
– a saxophone player who also is a player with the ladies. Now, he is older and
starting to think he
wants to settle down with that one special someone, so Mel decides to
move in
with his current girlfriend, Inga (Ewa De Cruz), and sublet his
apartment to
Ginger (Gina Gershon). Of
course,
everything gets all messed up when Mel falls for the bride, Diane
(Christy
Scott Cashman), at a wedding where his band is performing, Inga gives
him the
boot, and he talks his way into moving back into his old apartment,
forcing
Ginger to take him on as a roommate.
Will Mel be able to win over
Diane? Will his
burgeoning friendship
with Ginger lead to something more?
At times, I was wondering
why Kettle
of Fish didn’t make its premiere on a cable
television channel like
TNT or HBO, and I don’t mean that in a disparaging way. Writer/director Claudia
Myers fills the movie
with the rhythms, jokes and turning points of a sit-com or romantic
comedy,
making Kettle
of Fish
a delightful, funny, comfortable diversion for people
just looking to have a good time, laugh for a little while, and walk
out of the
theater with a smile on their faces.
It’s a tale you can predict as soon as you walk into the movie theater, but that doesn’t seem to be all that bad as Myers fills the movie with some wickedly funny dialogue, Modine is an affable, likeably flustered leading man, and Gershon shines as she plays something different than her usual sex kitten role. Some of the wackiness feels forced and placed in there for wackiness sake, but Modine and Gershon save the day with some tender, romantic and emotionally fiery moments. The movie will be playing in Washington, DC at the Dupont Circle 5 starting on March 2. Check out Fandango for showtimes.
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½ Waffles (Out Of 4) Kettle of Fish is rated R for brief sexuality.
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