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Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Old 05-18-14, 07:02 PM
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

I surprisingly enjoyed this quite a bit back in theatres. Although I've been addicted to peach pie since.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
while i've yet to see this....it doesn't strike me as the type of movie you're describing
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Yeah. It doesn't come off as a romantic comedy.
He didn't say romantic comedy, he just said romantic chick flick, and chick flicks don't have to be romantic. I could see it being described as a romantic chick flick.

I liked it
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

This movie was way better than reviews led me to believe.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

I kept seeing in the reviews references to things being "sappy" - I just don't get that at all. It's a very melancholy piece about two broken people. Regardless of the ending, I wouldn't call it sappy at all.

I really think some of these reviewers watch a trailer and write their "review" based on that and other reviews.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Originally Posted by EddieMoney
This movie was way better than reviews led me to believe.
What...? No obscene comment about peaches?
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Eh, I didn't care for it nor did I find it sappy, just the premise was a bit much to accept.
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What...? No obscene comment about peaches?
I'd fuck Winslet's peaches.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Watched this one yesterday. Thought it was "okay". I'm glad it ended the way it did. If it hadn't, I probably wouldn't have like it as much.
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‘Labor Day’ was your first movie that failed at the box office and with critics. What’s that like for you?

It’s shitty as hell. It’s totally shitty. I mean, I was proud of my Tomato Rating and, yeah, it sucked … I’ve done more work on that movie than I’ve ever done on a movie. I’m proud of it. And then it doesn’t land and then you realize, oh, this was a misguided effort, for whatever reason.

Can you look back and determine where things went wrong?

My dad said something so smart to me. He does all the time, but he said, “I was watching ‘Labor Day’ again, it just struck me all of a sudden that you weren’t making a movie about a man and a women, you were making a movie about a kid,” … and Paramount marketed a movie about a man and a woman and everyone wrote about a movie about a man and a woman and it all became this kind of romance. And he said, “You really didn’t care about the romance, did you?” And I said, “No, the romance really was a B plotline to this kid.” So, if I somehow would have focused the movie on the kid? I don’t know. When a band plays a song outside of their genre, there’s a bit of, “Can you please go back to playing the songs we like?”
Pretty interesting... I liked that he tried something different.

Rest of the interview is here... good read. http://screencrush.com/jason-reitman...ren-tiff-2014/
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

Well I had no idea this idiot brought us Jack and Jill so I'm not surprised Labor Day bombed.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013

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Well I had no idea this idiot brought us Jack and Jill so I'm not surprised Labor Day bombed.
He didn't.... they were discussing Adam Sandler...

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