Oh my word. What an utter mess this is. So much so that I can’t even be bothered to spend my time berating it and all its faults. Sandra Bullock stars as Mary Horowitz, a cruciverbalist (crossword complier, quiz fans) who after going on a blind date with Steve (Bradley Cooper) ends up infatuated with him and ends up (un)intentionally stalking him as he goes about his day job of being a cameraman for a local news station. What happens as the film goes on is too ludicrous to even type in this review, so how the screenplay got the green light is a mystery of epic propo….wait, not it’s not. The producer of said turkey? One Sandra Bullock. Ah. Now it all makes sense. However, though Bullock can usually do the business in these kind of films, this really is a bad mis-judgment from her. Her character is so annoying you actually enjoy the moments when she is absent from the screen. Not that that’s saying much either. Cooper spends the whole film looking totally bewildered how he’s ended up in such a disaster and Thomas Haden Church phones in a performance from so far away I dread to think what his phone bill will be. Basically, if you do go and see this, take a small torch, a book of crosswords and stimulate your brain for 90 minutes. You certainly won’t use many brain cells if you actually watch this rubbish.
The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
1 Across: One of the world films you’ll ever watch (3,5,5). Rating: 1/10
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