I was raised Catholic, so I don't have any trouble getting my mind around a plot that turns around the question of a bride's virginity (and after all, even today most grooms would be a tad nonplussed by seeming evidence of the beloved's infidelity on the eve of the wedding), but here's what I would tell those who find
Joss Whedon's Shakespearean romp any less than marvelous because it operates in a morally foreign universe. The essential morality here isn't about hymenate intactness, it's about the willingness of some people to do anything evil to satisfy a grudge and the ready credulity of some good people in believing ill of others. And those qualities have no sell-by date.
Trailers
- Girl Most Likely--Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening make a silly story seem almost promising.
- In a World . . . --The long-awaited dramedy about trailer voiceover artists. No, seriously, I'm eager.
- Don Jon--Who does Joseph Gordon-Levitt think he is, Wooody Allen? He wrote, directed, and stars in a film about porn addiction.
- Closed Circuit--Terrorism, intrigue, and government snooping.
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