Some Kind of Beautiful (2015)

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL (2014) Starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba, This drama about a Cambridge professor trying to balance out of his chaotic life and finding the correct dynamics within his relationships is an interesting watch. Richard Haig (Pierce Brosnan) is delightful as a middle aged man who chose to move with his student to America to lead a family life but ultimately lands in a hot mess. He is left in America facing a dying career and a son to look after. Jessica Alba as Kate plays his young and ambitious wife with Salma Hayek as her elder sister, Olivia delivering the perfect comedic moments in the movie. Brosnan seems to fit in well in his very "English character". His efforts at soft comedy should be applauded as he switches well between a hardcore Poems Professor to a man who is confused to his wits end. The audience can relate to him and all but feel bad to see him facing a broken Family and some situational mishaps which leave him with the threat of deportation. Salma Hayek's accent is sweet to the ears and does her role as a protective elder sister with finesse. Malcolm Mcdowell plays the role of Brosnan's father with whom his relationship has gone slightly downhill. However the most heartwarming scenes of the movie are those which are between Richard and his son, emotional and well directed these scenes remind the audience that Richard is basically a good person and a father. The Editing and cinematography come across as a bit slow and Salma Hayek tends to overact in some scenes. However these things could be put aside if one wants to see it strictly as a onetime watch. As predicted, the movie ends on a feel good note with Brosnan getting the comforts he seeks to achieve in the first place.

This romantic comedy had lots of promise and failed on so many fronts.The producers were clearly banking on people wanting to see the sexy stars (Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, and Jessica Alba) to sell this movie. It sure would have helped if they had a decent script to go with it.The dialog is silly and trite, the plot lines are very flawed, and the directing is poor. The scriptwriter and director were clearly following the textbook rom-com formula.A good example of the flawed plot and characters is the drama caused Kate finding out that by Richard slept with Olivia. Kate got married and Richard married her and move to America with her to raise their child. SHe rewards this by cheating on him and telling him she has found another. He moves into the pool house and has to watch her with her boyfriend for 2 years. The entire time she treats him poorly and wants him to move on.Then the half sister Olivia visits and Richard developed feelings for her and they sleep together. When Kate finds out she flips out, tells her sister to leave, refuses to go to Richards immigration interview knowing that it would cause him to get deported, separating Richard from their son who clearly loves him, and then refuses all communication with her sister. This is the woman that cheated on her husband and rubbed it in for 2 year. You would have thought she would have been miffed but not to this level of extreme behavior.But the silly plot required this artificial drama to give the main character (Richard) an obstacle to overcome that in doing so would bring everyone back together. Very trite.At least we get to see Jessica in her underwear and Salma's naked butt a few times.

One reviewer commented that 'the only thing funny is your own disbelief about how utterly crappy this film was"I also was surprised at my denial because of the smiles between Pierce Brosnan and Selma. You can't put a smile under a microscope and that is why this Some Kind Of Beautiful satire on life is worth watching. The professor reminded me of professors I had while in graduate school : with a special emphasis in depth psychology and the German romantics. A year after the affairs with the younger students, the Professors of depth psychology were let go.I ended up writing my thesis on the clinical application of fairy tales. However after seeing this film would re name it "Eros Without Boundaries"Why is it artists and professors think they can make love to the whole world: younger sisters and students ? Artists who think they can make love to the whole world seem "pretentious" said one reviewer. Or maybe they are like Father Chronos (time) who keep swallowing younger and younger women until they swallow a stone and die.Am not sure what the reviewer meant by pretentious, but the homes and outfits were lavish. That is except for Selma who lost her high heel and the old mustang.This was also true of the graduate school I attended: a Spanish villa monastic retreat with amazing views and its own organic vegetable garden which was prepared by cooks for the weekend retreat.Was it the beauty of the place that hosted incestuous relationships between much older professors and girls old enough to be their daughter? Jack Nicholsonn was born of his sister due to blurred boundaries of his alcoholic father.Incestuous relationships do make for what another reviewer called "plot so interrupted, motivations so compromised and reality so ignored that even the main character played by Pierce failed" However, Isn't that the purpose of filmmaking: to reflect back the satire and collective unconscious of our times? Didn't Clinton have a relationship with a woman old enough to be his daughter?I interpreted this collective unconscious to be : narcissistic self absorption, madness, the lure of love, death romanticism and the drunkards craving for unconsciousness: not being accountable for actions.Looking forward to seeing 007 get some better scripts.

"You can leave me, but I am not leaving that boy." Richard (Brosnan) is a college professor who teaches the classics and has a young and beautiful wife. When he finds out she is leaving him his life is shattered. He throws everything into his son and trying to get a new job. Things get complicated when he starts to notice Olivia (Hayek) in a different way and a problem with his Visa comes up. Now Richard must try to get a job, stay in the country, and find love with someone he never expected to. Judging by the synopsis you may think this sounds like a cookie cutter movie, and your right. The movie is pretty predictable and not original but it is funny and very watchable. Pierce Brosnan is a great choice for this and he really saves the movie from being something overly generic. There really isn't a whole lot to say about this since there has been a million movies with this same idea but even so this is still a good movie and defiantly worth a watch. I did like it but I am also a big Pierce Brosnan fan. Overall, nothing original but entertaining and funny. Worth seeing at least once. I give this a B.