Greenes
Please don't spend money on this.
Usamah Harvey
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Ezmae Chang
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
phd_travel
This is a romance comedy with a fantasy element. The actors are good but the story isn't strong enough to sustain the movie. Sienna is quite a good actress and a surprisingly convincing white trash although she is a bit too pretty to be so hard up. Didin't know she was quite versatile. James Franco is good but his lines are exaggerated. In fact both of them have such annoying roles. Carradine is quite good too. The only humor comes from the "Death Becomes Her" type jokes about decaying bodies. The romance is just so strained and annoying. The plot really falls apart later on and lacks even an allegorical logic. Don't bother with this dud even if you are a fan of the actors.
TxMike
This is one of the movies Netflix recommended for me, based on my viewing habits. Saw it via streaming video.Sienna Miller is Camille and James Franco is Silias. He is mostly an idiot, a petty thief that is just getting out of jail. Somehow he is required to marry her, and make her happy, otherwise her uncle, Scott Glenn as Sheriff Foster, will see to it that he goes to jail for a long, long time.So Silas unhappily marries Camille, who is just bubbly and happy. Too bubbly and happy, Silas just wants her to shut up, quit talking all the time, and quit telling strangers everything about them.To say this is an unconventional love story is a big understatement. It caught me off guard, but I stuck with it and was entertained. The late David Carradine is also a quirky character, Cowboy Bob, traveling around to small town fairs with his painted horses.SPOILERS FOLLOW: Sheriff Foster sends the newlyweds off towards Niagra Falls on his motorcycle equipped with a side car. Camille is a bit frivolous, and her timing often sucks, as when she is playing with her diamond ring, it falls to the road, she panics Silas, to avoid hitting a big truck they fly off the road, he is injured and, we soon find out, she is dead. But she wakes up to be able to move and speak, so they continue on. But she soon starts to smell bad, her hair falls out, Silas realizes she is dead, but they press on to the Falls. Soon the cops are chasing them, Silas is cornered and shot, he dies as he is also reunited with Camille, they both go over the rail into the Falls riding the blue horse. The whole escapade has made Silas fall in love with Camille and both now dead will spend eternity together. Very quirky and whimsical.
llandersen-1
I am giving this two stars for the two lead actors, James Franco and Sienna Miller. One star for each who had to give their time to this ridiculous script. Here is my thought on how the writer came up with this script. Drop Acid>Go To Daughters Room>Play with Strawberry Patch Dolls (for "strawberry festival and wig reference") and Care Bears (for "rainbow over Niagra Falls reference"). >Drop More Acid>Put in Wizard of Oz Video (for "horse of a different color reference".) Rip out tape and puts in his old Kung Fu VideoS (for "David Carradine Asian and Otherworldly Wisdom reference".) >Drop more acid fall back on bean bag and dream a Shakespeare dream of Romeo and Juliet.Give me a break I could go on about this horrible movie, but I am even more bored writing this than I was watching it. O I forgot to mention the ("cinderalla reference") when Sienna glows in the grass and rises from her deep sleep thanks to the help of her prince. To the writer, STOP DOING DRUGS AND GET OUT OF YOUR DAUGHTERS BEDROOM. Please stop writing failure Folk Tales.I love you James and Sienna but please be more discerning next time.
ajjroth
I loved it. Others have revealed spoilers, but I won't. It was an unusual premise, actually sort of weird, but I went along with it completely. Camille was a difficult part to pull off convincingly; maybe that's why some people hated it. But I think Sienna was excellent and her acting skills enabled her to nail the part perfectly - without being maudlin or ridiculous. I don't know why she was even interested in a loser like James Franco, but married him anyway. I like him as an actor and also thought he did a terrific job. He has nothing to be ashamed of. There have been movies with with similar setups e.g. "Ghost". I simply love Sienna Miller and went along with the situation as written in the script. I feel her great acting talent is vastly underrated, and hope it becomes more recognized by the public. I thought all of the actors played their parts very well, and hope more people get to see the movie. I highly recommend it. I was surprised that my local Block Buster store had about 10 copies available. I definitely plan to buy it.