Easy (2003)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Jane Weinstock

Writer:

Jane Weinstock (writer)

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (Mexico)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Easy. Sex is. Love isn't.

Plot:

Jamie Harris is a young woman that works giving original names to different products. She has a promiscuous life...

Plot Keywords:

Poetry | Male Female Relationship | Acupuncture | Sister | Poet

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Marguerite Moreau	...	Jamie Harris
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Alvim	...	Amber
Naveen Andrews	...	John
Vincent Angell	...	Doctor
Nelson Aspen	...	TV reporter
Emily Deschanel	...	Laura
Anoja Diaz	...	John's Sister
Jordan Garrett	...	Bobby
Caroline Goodall	...	Sandy
Roxanne Hart	...	Suicidal woman
Gildart Jackson	...	Dan
Pablo Lewin	...	Date (voice)
Vanessa Marano	...	Little Jamie
Brian F. O'Byrne	...	Mick
John Rothman	...	Dad
Stefanie Sherk	...	Other Woman
Tom Todoroff	...	Tom The Vegan S&M Artist
Lanette Ware	...	Tanya
D.B. Woodside	...	Martin

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexual content, language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

Argentina:99 min | USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | USA:R

Company:

Curb Entertainment

Soundtrack:

Heavenly, Heavenly

great acting, great story, great movie

EASY is not a "chick flick" (though women will definitely identify with the main character) and is not your standard Hollywood romantic comedy. EASY is the film all those Hugh Grant movies aspire to be - smart, funny, sexy, appealing to both sexes, not smug and patronizing.

Jaime (Marguerite Moreau) dates a lot of jerks and it never works out. She's beautiful, interesting, neurotic, and dates in all the wrong ways. Any 20-40-something woman who didn't grow up in a convent will smile and cringe as she identifies with Jaime's struggle to figure out who she is, what she wants and how to get it. She seems to take one step forward and two steps back with her family and friends getting all tangled up in the story (in brilliantly funny ways).

This movie isn't spoon-fed to it's audience with all the glossiness of Hollywood. The sex scenes feel real, with no soundtrack crescendo at the climax (or anti-climax); the characters are sympathetic and interesting; I especially liked Brian F. O'Byrne's performance. Weinstock showed playfulness in writing the overlapping relationships with a tongue-in-cheek humor, ala Shakespeare or modern British comedy.

EASY is a funny, emotional, sexy movie for thinking adults, not the lobotomized masses that can't get enough close-ups of Julia Roberts' smile or Meg Ryan's smirk. It's smarter than other films about contemporary relationships. It's also better acted.

Finally: If you don't fall in love with Marguerite Moreau after seeing this film, you're made of stone.