I'm with Lucy (2002) |
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Category | Romantic Comedy |
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Year Of Production | 2002 | ||
Running Time | 86:47 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | No/No | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | Jon Sherman |
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Distributor |
Twentieth Century Fox |
Starring |
Monica Potter Craig Bierko Linda Halaska Julianne Nicholson Flora Martínez Afemo Omilami John Hannah Gael García Bernal Anthony LaPaglia John Tormey Jeff Norris Henry Thomas David Boreanaz |
Case | ? | ||
RPI | $36.95 | Music | Stephen Endelman |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None | English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s) | |
Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | ||
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Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles | None | Smoking | Yes |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | No |
While the film I'm With Lucy employs a "backtrack to the future" plot line, it's no Memento. With her wedding in an hour, Lucy (Monica Potter) reminisces about the frogs she kissed before she found her prince.
After a humiliating break-up with Peter, Lucy reluctantly re-enters the dating game. Big time.
Enter five contenders for the affections of Lucy:
Contestant Number One - Doug (John Hannah), a recently divorced entomologist who regards Lucy's drunken, drugged stupor as a personal liberation.Contestant Number Two: Gabriel (Gael García Bernal), a sensitive new age guy who loves water - a lot! But is there such a thing as too much physical attraction?
Contestant Number Three: Bobby (Anthony LaPaglia), a baseball legend. How will Lucy cope with his old-fashioned notions and his "natural instincts"?
Contestant Number Four: Barry (Henry Thomas), a belligerent manager of a computer shop. If their bickering doesn't kill her, Lucy's parents may manage the job with their embarrassing revelations.
Contestant Number Four: Luke (David Boreanaz), the windswept and interesting Florida surgeon. Anyone for tennis?
What ensues is a rather lacklustre but mildly diverting tale of Lucy's trials and tribulations in her quest for true love. Potter's resemblance to Julia Roberts is striking at times, but her character is written in such a way that it's difficult for her not to appear somewhat too arch for any real charm. It's nice to see Henry Thomas as a grown up - yep - he was that kid in ET.
There are no great surprises in this film, and the scripting is a little limp and uninteresting, but it serves as an afternoon filler. Check it out as a rental first to see if it's your cup of romantic tea.
The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, 16x9 enhanced.
The detail is generally okay with reasonable shadow detail. The image overall feels a little soft but there is no low level noise and the grain levels are fine.
The colour rendition of the film is quite acceptable with good skin tones throughout and no evidence of halation. There are no subtitles available for this transfer.
There is some very mild motion blur but aside from that, the transfer is very clean with no major artefacts present.
This disc is single sided with no layer change with which to contend.
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There is one audio track on this DVD - English Dolby Digital 2.0.
The sound is rather flat and undefined, but the dialogue is very clear throughout and there are no audio sync problems.
The musical score by Stephen Endelman is an unremarkable but workable production.
There is very little directional sound - the soundscape is rather flat and uninspired.
There was no evidence of subwoofer activity.
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The menu is static and silent.
A list of films for Monica Potter, John Hannah, Gael García Bernal, Anthony LaPaglia, Henry Thomas, David Boreanaz and Harold Ramis.
Palace Films and World Cinema Collection trailers.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The R4 Version Misses Out On:
The R1 Version Misses Out On:
This is a line call. There are more audio options on the R1 but the PAL transfer of R4 tips the scales for me in R4's favour.
It's not a definitive romantic comedy, and occasionally it's actually rather dull, but it's not offensively dumb. So, if it's your bag - enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Singer SGD-001, using S-Video output |
Display | Teac 76cm Widescreen. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Teac 5.1 integrated system |
Speakers | Teac 5.1 integrated system |