For a Good Time, Call....

[BillBrasky]

I initially wasn't that interested in this but I saw the trailer before "Neighborhood Watch" today and it looks all right. Also, I didn't realize that the brunette is Seth Rogen's wife, which explains his cameo role.

Release Date: August 31, 2012 (limited; expands: Sept. 7)
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Jamie Travis
Screenwriter: Lauren Anne Miller, Katie Anne Naylon
Starring: Ari Graynor, Lauren Anne Miller, Justin Long, James Wolk, Mark Webber
Genre: Comedy

Plot Summary: The reserved Lauren (played by Lauren Anne Miller) and the irrepressible Katie (Ari Graynor) are polar opposites... and past enemies. But when both come up short on the funds needed to afford their dream New York City apartment a mutual friend (Justin Long) re-introduces them and they reluctantly agree to room together. These apartment-mates have nothing in common - until Lauren discovers that Katie is working as a phone-sex operator, and recognizes a good business opportunity. But as their business partnership takes off, their newfound friendship finds unexpected challenges that may leave them both, as they say, hanging on the telephone.

[pollymaepry]

Aw man I thought I'd finally get your digits

[smartbunny]

Irrepressible!

[BillBrasky]

Aw man I thought I'd finally get your digits

I could make a dirty reply to this, but maybe I'll just shut my big mouth

[smartbunny]

845-405-9152

[isoS]

If this isn't a documentary about Tommy Tutone, I don't wanna know about it.

[davidd]

I'll call. I've never had a good time, but it sounds fun.

[diggedy]

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[JPSpaulding]

3

[smartbunny]

Press 1 for English?

[BillBrasky]

This movie wasn't hilarious or anything, but it was very cute and both actresses are really likable and appealing. I heard Ari Graynor say on the Bullseye podcast that they were trying to make a movie in the vein of the kind of movies that Bette Midler and Shelly Long would have made back in the '80s, and Graynor definitely has a Midler kind of quality to her. She is funny and brassy and has an unconventional body type by Hollywood standards, but still very attractive. And by co-writing the screenplay, Miller showed herself to not just be "Seth Rogen's wife" but a talented comedic actress and writer in her own right. She even threw in a reference to Tina Fey when her character cited Fey as a role model, which I thought was a nice little nod.

The movie is pleasant and flies by quickly. It's like a modern-day "Laverne and Shirley" episode. I will commend them for making a movie in 16 days and showing that you don't need a huge budget or big-name stars (save for cameos by Rogen and Kevin Smith) to make a funny movie.