It's Complicated

This has been marketed towards the older cinema viewer, and, if you’re in that demographic and a Nancy Meyers film floats your boat, you’ll probably have a good time. That isn’t to say this film is any good though. Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin star as a divorced couple who, during their son’s graduation, begin an affair ( Baldwin ’s character has re-married). Errr…and that’s about it really. Steve Martin pops up as a potential love rival, but there are few jokes to be had throughout the whole script. The film falls into that old trap of not being sure whether it’s a comedy or a drama and fails to be either, or at least either up to an average level at best. Streep seems to be everywhere these days and she doesn’t disappoint again, though she may be a bit too OTT for some in this. Baldwin fares less well, gurning his way through the film and failing to capture the heart or sympathy of the audience (Glengarry Glenn Ross seems a long way off now). Overall, if this looks like a film you’ll like, then get in that cinema queue. If not, it certainly isn’t a complicated decision what to do…..

The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
If you like this sort of thing then you’ll probably go home satisfied and can add an extra mark to the rating. For the rest of us, you may actually want to deduct a mark. Rating: 5/10.