the perfect guy

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2015 || THE PERFECT GUY & THE VISIT

	THE PERFECT GUY \|\| The pieces are all there, with the thrilling cover of Rhianna’s “Diamonds” and the cast of Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut, but for one thing, “The Perfect Guy” couldn’t be more aimed at a particular demographic. Plus it follows in the footsteps of so many obsessive thrillers before it like “Obsessed” and “The Boy Next Door” which just came out within the last few years. Anyway, a woman ventures away from her man after he’s not sure about children only to meet the perfect guy… except he’s got a heated side and when she tries to move on, he doesn’t let her. Ealy plays this perfectly, but everyone involved deserves better.	PASS
	SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE \|\| Having seen “Friends With Benefits” and “No Strings Attached,” one would think I’d seen enough friends just hooking up movies that turn into lovey-dovey romantic comedies, but the key ingredient in all of these is the couple that they put together. In “Sleeping With Other People, ” Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie come together, which is a nice pairing indeed. Brie is looking better than ever and her comedic wit paired with that of Sudeikis makes for some enjoyable deadpan deliveries.	RENT
	TIME OUT OF MIND \|\| Writer-director Oren Moverman has a decent track record with “The Messenger” and “Rampart” but he moves on from Woody Harrelson led films into a Richard Gere one. In “Time Out Of Mind,” Gere plays a homeless man that is convinced into reconnecting with his long lost daughter (played by Jena Malone). Showing what is said to be a realistic look at being on the streets of New York, I’m afraid besides that, the film feels a little too similar to say a film like “Being Flynn,” which had a much more impressive cast in Robert De Niro and Paul Dano.	PASS
	THE VISIT \|\| M. Night Shyamalan is back in the director’s chair, this time abandoning his science fiction fodder for something closer to where he got his start: horror. Produced by Jason Blum, “The Visit” enters you into the home of elderly grandparents that are being visited by their grandchildren. Normally, a 9:30pm bedtime wouldn’t be the weirdest thing, but when it seems that the grandparents are being possessed after those hours, the kids begin to question whether they should be there. It’s mysterious and just creepy enough to work, and with word working in its favor, this becomes something to see.	THEATER