Romantic Comedy Neigh Sayers, Give this One A Chance I Dare You!
Lucy (Sandra Bullock) leads a simple and routine life as a
Chicago Tollbooth Operator. The highlight of her day is seeing the
man she has a crush on walk through the train station. While
admiring him one day she observes him being mugged which leads to him falling
onto the train tracks. Of course this wouldn’t be much of a story
if she didn’t save his life, so she does. At the hospital a nurse
assumes she is his fiancée and instead of correcting her, Lucy goes with
it.
When Peter’s (Peter Gallagher) family arrives, her deception
quickly spins out of control and the family quickly begins to welcome her.
Now she is unsure how to right her wrong especially when and if
the unconscious Peter wakes up and knows the truth.
Although it may be hard to believe that a young beautiful
woman is living a sad existence in a toll booth, she is so darn likeable that
you just want to keep watching. Bill Pullman, who plays Peter’s
brother, isn’t buying what Lucy is selling and starts his investigation.
The whole cast is fun to watch and add to the many funny moments.
Motherly Advice: My filters were set to medium
but turn your language filters to most filtering to cut a couple of words that
remained. The plot of the movie is based on a lie, a lie by omission but still a
lie. Should Lucy have set them all straight right away? Of course,
but then it would have never played out the way it did. Violence
plays a small role when Peter is shown being robbed and then falls on the train
tracks to what appears to be his demise. Lucy’s neighbor Joey Jr.
has his eyes set on her and flirts by offering some unwanted sexual innuendos
but he is pretty harmless. A discussion around the legitimacy of
Lucy and Peter’s engagement leads to an explanation of Peter’s genitalia;
nothing is seen, just briefly mentioned. A romantic comedy wouldn’t live up to
its title without a kiss or two but that is about it, there are no unnecessary
sex scenes or excessive skin shown, phew. Set filters for most filtering and I
would say no younger than 10 for this one.
Hannah – Movie Mom who is a big Sandra Bullock fan but not of
her hair in this movie!
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