More Movies

Can't be bothered to write any long reviews, so here is a brief summary of the movies I've seen the last week or so:

- Spanglish
The story is about a Mexican woman, played by the drool-inducing Paz Vega and her daughter, who have moved to the US. Vega lands a job at the house of a famous chef, played (if you can call it that) by Adam Sandler. Conflicts arise as both sides start meddling with each other's internal affairs. It's not a great movie, but I thought it was worthwhile, and not as sickeningly sweet as I had feared. There is one hilarious scene where Vegas (who hardly speaks a word of English at this point) and Sandler are having a fight which her bilingual daughter has to translate. The kid, played by newcomer Shelbie Bruce, is a natural acting talent and should be headed for stardom based on that one scene alone.

The Interpreter
Ok action movie about an interpreter at the UN who overhears a conversation about the planned assassination of a head of state. Fairly good acting by Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman and it functions well as a story. The only thing that bugged me was the numerous misunderstandings (or maybe it was intentional propaganda) about how the UN (does not) function. Still, worth seeing.

Hitch
Again, a movie I had my doubts about but which turned out to be ok entertainment. A bit too sugary at times of course, but also genuinely funny throughout, not least because of the bumbling character of Albert James. Will Smith does his usual thing, while the talented Eva Mendes leaves you wondering why anyone has ever even heard of J-Lo.

Hide and seek
*yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn*
A complete waste of Robert DeNiro, Dakota Fanning and time. 'nuff said.