http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 17 May 2026 09:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500&cpage=1#comment-5402 duff. Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:39:40 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500#comment-5402 it wasn't a great movie, but some of it was funny. it wasn’t a great movie, but some of it was funny.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500&cpage=1#comment-5277 girldetective Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500#comment-5277 My guess is that the successes of both About a Boy and High Fidelity spurred the Farrelly Brothers to revise the earliest Hornby book. Like High Fidelity, though, I don't think the adaptation benefited from its Americanization and modernization. Hornby's stories worked best as snapshots of specific places and times, I thought, and I'm not even English. My guess is that the successes of both About a Boy and High Fidelity spurred the Farrelly Brothers to revise the earliest Hornby book. Like High Fidelity, though, I don’t think the adaptation benefited from its Americanization and modernization. Hornby’s stories worked best as snapshots of specific places and times, I thought, and I’m not even English.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500&cpage=1#comment-5264 Lazy Cow Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:03:42 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=500#comment-5264 Why? Why? Why? Why would the Americans want to make this movie? It is so very English. I adored the Colin Firth version (but just couldn't get into the book, though I like Nick Hornby v. much). Why? Why? Why? Why would the Americans want to make this movie? It is so very English. I adored the Colin Firth version (but just couldn’t get into the book, though I like Nick Hornby v. much).

]]>