Sweethearts (1997)
Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems.
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This film is quite depressing, not that there's anything wrong with that. Not an enjoyable watch, but I'm sure it wasn't intended to be. A great acting performance by Janeane Garofalo. If my rating was only about her performance it would have been much higher. She has the dramatic chops, especially for someone who came up as a comedienne. She never was really pretty in the classical sense, but I always liked her looks. I really liked her on The Larry Sanders show. She still looks good here. Margaret Cho was fine here, and Bobcat Goldthwaite was suitably repulsive. But I would only recommend this film to fans of Miss Garofalo.
Some reviewer called it unrealistic. They think that because its so different. Jasmine isn't endearing, but she isn't meant to be. However, you begin to care for her just as Arliss does, against your will and with a feeling of doom. She's frustrating, but in a very real way (maybe i just think so because i know someone very much like her, not quite so far gone). Its shot almost entirely in one restaurant, at 4 different tables, with just the two actors and some very funny supporting by Cho and Goldthwait Its rather Shakespearean in the way that does not rely on set or atmosphere, the two leads are great. Just be open minded.
While not the cheeriest of movies, by far, this movie has a lot of the elements in it that make it an outstanding film. It's dark, true, but filled with humanity that makes you want to cry and scream. It's excellent, check it out.
It started out very promising. Although this movie had some very witty lines delivered impeccably by Janeane, it was still very depressing. Margaret Cho was very good and I wish she had a story line too.