Suburban Girl (2007)

To me, this movie is perfection.

good back-story, and good acting

Boring

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

why did this movie NOT make it big? Because it bumped along like real lives do, without smarmy adolescent humor or action to depend upon. A real acting job from Sarah Michelle Gellar, with real filming instead of for the boob tube. Don't watch this movie if you want to guffaw or ooh and awwh - this one is sweet with a bit of sadness, like life really lived. It's never going to be appreciated as the kind of homage to Michele Gellar that Broken Embraces was for Penelope Cruz, but I hope that people realize that Gellar's acting chops are good enough for her to deserve such a vehicle. If not, this will do, so long as you don't compare it to the book or to the misogynist frat boy stuff out there...and Alec Baldwin is as amazingly believable as Gellar when he pops an important question and their faces register real human emotions as the import of their words sinks in. These two professionals have learned how to let deepening feelings flicker, one after the other, over their faces, portraying an internal life that is the essence of inhabiting a character. Otherwise, the movie is just lovely cinematography and music, and not much else. But the acting elevates the script. A movie for thoughtful people - probably why it went straight to video. Need more grown up Sarah Michelle Gellar like Suburban Girl gives us!

Wow. I turned this movie off so many times, but I kept coming back to it, like a bad accident on the highway that you can't turn away from!Where to begin?As others have pointed out, the leads have NO chemistry, to the point where it actually turned my stomach to see them together, and not even because of the age difference (Sarah Michelle Gellar actually looks about 40 here...)SMG is supposed to be playing a bright, vivacious, preternaturally smart young woman. She comes across as a sullen sorority girl. Her acting was terrible, especially during a scene where she is supposed to be drunk. The movie gives you no indication as to why a legendary editor would be interested in her, other than issues with his daughter (which the movie hints at). She and her family are supposed to be Jewish. Those were the WASP-iest Jews I've ever seen...The dialogue... oh boy. A bunch of seventh grader references to major literary texts doesn't make the script sound smart.

OK, so I will admit that I did a thing with this movie that I absolutely hate to do...I turned it off halfway through.The storyline definitely seemed appealing, especially to me as a woman as there have been a great deal of movies about older women with younger guys, but finally here was a film where the opposite was true. But, the greatest problem with the film was the lack of chemistry between the two main characters. When they acted like they were together it wasn't believable, Baldwin particularly seeming the most uncomfortable out of the two.Another thing that seemed to confuse me about the film was...well to be blunt..how confusing it was!! One minute she was angry at him, a pure anger that would leave any female audience member chanting her on in a supportive manner. But then suddenly...the anger was gone and 'Archie' was able to act in the same (slightly patronising in my opinion) manner as before.OK, so final thought on this film is if you really like the actors and storyline give a go, certainly as this comment is only based on half of the film. For me personally, it lacked the potential that the storyline possessed and I hope that somebody else takes a shot at it.

Im outraged this got a straight to DVD release, i thought it was a lot cuter, funnier and more dramatic that a lot of the crappy wide released Rom-Com's.Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin work very well both giving strong performances. Sarah who hasn't done a Rom-com since Simply Irresistible (which I loved) was great and was a complete scene stealerIf your looking for a nice little romantic comedy/drama with a little bit of a difference don't give it another thought and pick it up. You feel like shouting shalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala once you see it