I really enjoyed this one, which surprised me quite a bit. It doesn’t pretend to be particularly deep, so as long as you don’t go in expecting a Nobel Prize winning theory on biomechanics, you should be pleasantly entertained for an hour and a half. Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston do a great job in the lead roles. It is a fun movie to watch when you don’t want to think about anything too heavy. (No pun on the “heavy metal” theme intended.) I don’t even like heavy metal, but it didn’t really matter. The story is strong enough to make up for the bad music. Interesting trivia fact: Mark Wahlberg has tattoos on a number of body parts, so they had to do some serious make up (and post-edit special effects coverups) every time he showed any skin. He shows his chest quite a bit, and his chest has a big rosary tattooed on it, but the director decided that was too “hiphop”, so they had to cover it up every time. Also, one of the characters wore a Harley Davidson shirt, but the film-makers weren’t able to get permission to show the HD logo, so they had to go in afterwards and re-create the guy’s shirt in every scene. (****)

This movie is one of those faux documentary spoof kind of things that is filled with guest appearances of big name stars and a number of nobodies. It tries to be funny, but doesn’t really manage it. It was mildly entertaining at best. (*)

Freaky. Trippy. Worth seeing once, but make sure you pay attention because I really don’t think you’ll be watching it twice. Not because it’s a bad movie: it’s not. It’s an incredibly good movie. The actors, especially Ellen Burstyn, are fantastic. But it’s really hard to watch. At the end, you feel like you’ve been to hell and back with the characters. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in seeing a “different” movie (i.e. not mainstream), but it isn’t for everyone. Particularly at the end. (*****)