I’ll Take a Chance on You, Don’t Make Me Regret It
Posted in Week in Review on October 8th, 2009 by Dwight – 4 CommentsSeptember 28th – October 4th
Weather Girl – So, I finally got around to watching this winner of the 2009 deadCENTER Film Festival award for Best Narrative Feature. I missed the screenings at deadCENTER. And, I missed the screenings at OKCMOA later on in the year. But, I did DVR its premiere on the Lifetime network. I was determined to finally get my eyes on it. And, my verdict…
Meh.
It’s not horrible. I’ll give it that. It just seems to reside comfortably in a world informed by network sitcoms. And, that’s not really a world that often interests me. Its too predictable and safe. The filmmaking was fine. The actors were fine (if only Jane Lynch had been given a little more to do, I would’ve been rendered satisfied).
If director Blayne Weaver were to stash this film in his portfolio while looking for a network television directing gig, I think it would serve him well. I just can’t see how one would want to invest so much blood, sweat, and tears into making a movie with a story such as this one. You can have all the “big-name” casting you can get (Mark Harmon), but with a story that refuses to take risks, it doesn’t ultimately matter.
