Here’s to another Movie Rob awesome GG month, this time covering Alternate Love Story Movies. Head over to check it out! As I’m a HUGE fan of Maggie Gyllenhaal and sassy films, I went with Secretary. Enjoy!
For this month’s first review for Genre Grandeur – Alternate Love Story Movies, here’s a review of Secretary (2002) by Reut of Sweet Archive
Thanks again to Abbi of Abbiosbiston.com for choosing this month’s genre.
Next month’s Genre has been chosen by Tim of FilmFunkel We will be reviewing our favorite Found Footage movies. In order to get a better idea as to what this genre might include, check out this post by Tim.
Please get me your submissions by the 25th of December by sending them to TisTheFFSeason@movierob.net Try to think out of the box! Great choice Tim!
Let’s see what Reut thought of this movie:
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Secretary (2002)
It’s real easy to enjoy a film like Secretary. It has just the right amount of everything; sass, sadness, naiveté, honesty, fun and love.
Maggie Gyllenhaal is Lee Holloway, a quirky and sweet young woman so tangled up…
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I feel like we tend to see the same kind of thing over and over from Maggie G.
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True. She’s pretty monotonous in her acting, but I do cherish some of her film roles.
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I love this film and Maggie. Secretary proves that there’s someone out there for everyone, regardless of your proclivities. Alternative love affair, I’m in.
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Words of wisdom, Paul!
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She’s great, isn’t she…?
you’ll like this one for sure! Thanks, Vinnie 😉
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I like how her role choices are unique and daring, she takes material that is challenging and often controversial works wonders with it.
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So true, that’s what makes her alternative on her own and I love that about her.
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She never goes for the easy option in movies or television. She was a amazing in the 8 part series The Honourable Woman.
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Didn’t watch that yet, but heard great things about it! Will check it out!
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Lovely to hear from you again. I reviewed it a while back on my blog.
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Thanks, Vinnie! I’m popping in every once in a while… 🙂
Send me the link, I’ll be happy to read it!
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Here’s the link. https://vinnieh.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/the-honourable-woman/
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Sounds very unusual but I do love Gyllenhaal so it is now on my radar. Cool review Reut.
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