
The latest schlockfest from Myers is this Christmas's release of It's Complicated, which follows around wildly successful baker, Jane, (Meryl Streep) as she prances around her wildly successful bakery, upscale New York hotels, and her Pottery Barn porn house. Jane has been divorced for ten years, and one fateful night falls drunkenly into her ex-husband's, Jake (Alec Baldwin), arms for a one night shag-a-thon. Jake, who is now unhappily remarried, couldn't be more happy and in love with his ex-wife, and Jane couldn't be more guilt stricken. Couple this with the fact that Jane is potentially falling for the architect (Steve Martin) who is redesigning her (already huge) kitchen for more space, and you've got yourself a recipe for complication--and by complication, I mean stereotypical characters and predictable story.
Every so often a children's film is made that has such a dramatic crossover appeal that everyone, both young and old, falls in love with it because of its universal themes. And sometimes a parent sits through a movie, watching animals make fart noises because the film has been tailored made to please children and only children. It's Complicated is that cat pooping in a hat children's film, only this one involves fancy houses, high class living, and old people making it.
--Greg MacLennan