I hadn't watched The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy in years, until last night. Overall, I still found it to be a pleasant diversion, if not as good as I remembered (some of the plot points are too cliche to be believed, and some of the casting of straight guys as gay guys doesn't really work). Some people I had completely forgotten about. Whatever happened to Andrew Keegan (who's good here) and Michael Bergin? And who knew Zach Braff got work before Scrubs? Some people were as nice to see as ever (John Mahoney, Justin Theroux, Dean Cain, Jennifer Coolidge). And some people who I saw, for a scene or a second, were surprisingly familiar. There's Buffy's Owen (aka Carmen's big brother)! And Lindsey from Angel! And Buffy's Ben (poor Ben)! The number of people you could spot from Whedon's world almost became a game in itself as the movie went on.
UPDATE: And having watched some of the deleted scenes I can not believe they cut the John Mahoney/Andrew Keegan "pretty good/good" scene. That was well played, truly wise, would've been key to Keegan's character, and was far more thoughtful than some of the rest of the movie.
Posted by armand at November 6, 2008 12:08 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies