The Art of Woo
The Art of Woo
| 09 September 2001 (USA)
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Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this romantic comedy.

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hokeybutt

Okay, so I was a big fan of Sook-Yin Lee when she was a veejay on Canada's MuchMusic station (our nation's equivalent of MTV)... so I had to check out this movie... a romance between her and hot young Aboriginal/Canadian actor Adam Beach... it HAD to have SOME good qualities, right??? Well, sorry to say it but... the movie blows. I really *want* to support Canadian movies, ya know... but why do 99% of them have to suck so baaaaaaaaaaad? They don't even feel like real movies... they feel like some kind of fake simulation of what a movie really is. They try to copy the stale "formula" of popular genres but they are totally bled dry of any kind of atmosphere, originality or any sort of qualities that make movies WATCHABLE. Sook-Yin is a struggling art gallery dealer who wants to be successful... Adam is a struggling artist who wants to be successful... they begin a romance (though they have absolutely nothing in common and no chemistry between them whatsoever)... they encounter obstacles... they clash... gad, this movie is awful. Even the usually brilliant Don McKellar has an awful bit part (he probably owed the producer a favor) as a Sook-Yin suitor who won't take no for an answer. One more nail in the coffin of Canadian Cinema.

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marie-claire

This review is a tad of a spoiler, but very little.I had never heard of this movie before I stumbled upon the (two) copies of it at my video store... probably because it's Canadian(!)Anyway, I enjoyed it, sweet and funny... It's only two days later that I understood it's most important characteristic, when I finally saw "Breakfast at Tiffany's" for the first time (it was on CBC). This movie is a pastiche of the Audrey Hepburn classic! It's very obvious, especially at the beginning, practically each scene mirrors the original film. Let's revisit our oldies shall we!

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David de la Fuente

Absolutely tedious and unmoving in every respect. Acting is bad and unbelievable. Dialogue is bad and unbelievable. Plot is bad and unbelievable. For God's sake, even the sex scene is boring. The people are certainly pretty enough to look at, but if that's all I want, I can find that anywhere.

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furga

I saw the film as well and was not blown away by. I did like the film visually, but felt that the actors were too set and too mechanical. Thought the choices were boring as well. The director shows promise, but will need to have much more vision on her future casting choices.

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