Saturday, February 21, 2015

Monte Carlo Movie Review

 What do you do when you go on holiday to Paris and you will be mistaken for a wealthy British heiress? Then grab that chance and of course you live a life full of glamor and luxury. But how long can this last?

Grace (Selena Gomez) is an innocent and good girl for years saving up for her dream trip to the city of love, Paris. Together with her best friend, the less brave and few years older Emma (Katie Cassidy), she leaves a few days after her graduation. Unfortunately, Grace and Emma at the request of Grace's parents joined by narrow stepsister of Grace, Meg (Leighton Meester). When the trio set foot in Paris, they begin a traditional tourist trip along the popular attractions of the city. This tour, however, appears dull and boring as the girls also again miss the bus, they entrench themselves in the lobby of a five-star hotel. But then something strange happens: Grace is mistaken for Cordelia Winthrop Scott (Selena Gomez), a spoiled British heiress. Before the three get the chance to reveal Grace 'true identity, they become entangled in a magical adventure where paparazzi, private planes, haute couture and tanned adonissen play.

 Bazooka
Monte Carlo three young women play the lead role. Although no ages are called Grace will be approximately 18 years and going Meg and Emma for 21 year. Remarkably, the film based on the novel Headhunters by Jules Bass. In this story, middle-aged women play the leading role in the early stages were even Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts cast for the lead roles in the film. The producers wanted it differently; it all was younger. And so the script was reversed and Milfs replaced by green leaves. What director Thomas Bezucha (pronounced: Bazooka,) it was is unclear. Given his first two films Big Eden and The Family Stone, which were primarily aimed at raising the issue of social and emotional problems that adults have to deal with. Now he must do it with Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester, who are best known in America because of the different (teenager) series in which they played a role. But the youngest actress with the biggest name is Selena Gomez. It has its big name but due in small part to her performance; especially her courtship with Justin Bieber has put her on the map worldwide.

Dream
Monte Carlo is really a movie for children. With luck interests a teenager himself for this story, but girls older than 14 years will prefer to go to a movie and then go Bridesmaides Monte Carlo. The nice Monte Carlo is that three completely different types of prevention; the naive sweet girl, spontaneous but not very bright girl and wise dull young lady. Every young girl will recognize themselves in one of three types, or maybe several, and will travel to Monte Carlo intensely share the experience with them. The film visualizes any dreams of young girls: the kiss of a handsome prince, wearing a princess dress and riding in the most beautiful cars. But what are those dreams worth while if you yourself can not keep? Monte Carlo shows that stay true to yourself is the best dream you can dream, and that's for a children no wrong premise.

Twice as bad
Having said that Monte Carlo is not a memorable movie regarding acting skills. Although Cassidy and Master have their moments, Gomez plays really very bad, especially if they also appears once in a worse dual after 15 minutes. My eyes are starting to bleed spontaneously when I think back to the images of Gomez in a fur coat with exaggerated British accent an imaginary girlfriend on the phone uitfoetert.

 Monte Carlo, with this traditional battle-ax and the other types to address the atmosphere of a fairy tale, though it is a very unreal fairy tale. Everything looks so beautiful and amazing, there are no lover boys and players, and all the boys to whom the girls fall in love, be in love with them. Although the girls more than the usual age deflowering are going, there is no mention about sex. And the French garçons? Who just want to give kisses, without tongue, that is.

Conclusion
Montecarlo is good, as good as the horse of Sinterklaas. Dear boys and girls in Monte Carlo are able to take each child to a perfect fairy tale world in which they will be almost as hard to believe as the existence of Santa Claus. In contrast, I think this kind of movies do have influence on our perception of love, and that we therefore a very distorted picture of how relationships should look out. For that matter, you can leave this film left, same as the shown performances. On the other hand encourages to keep the film true to yourself, a more realistic assumption that is only as good as the urban legend of love.