Easy

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Roselyn Blumstein says...

I fell in love with this movie after seeing it on an indie movie cable channel,

and then bought the DVD.The video quality was great on my bluray player.

Great deal at around $7!

Posted on June 27, 2011

Stacia Meinhart says...

I generally enjoy quirky little independent films about modern relationships, but Easy is an exception. It seems to have been marketed as a romantic comedy and, to be fair, there a few nicely comic moments along the way. Unfortunately, the amusing bits would not make up an episode of a tv sitcom. Most of the film is a fairly predictable soap opera with moderately explicit sex scenes which seem to suggest that woman on top is the new missionary position.



The leading character is pleasant enough. Her offbeat nature is underlined by her ridiculous job - the sort that only people in movies have. The composition of the rest of the cast screams political correctness and everyone seems to love everybody else regardless of race, creed, or lack of attractiveness. The problem is that I found it difficult to care about any of them. The rather forced emotions of the script made involvement with them impossible. By the time the happy ending is reached, I found myself thinking: "You could have done that an hour ago." Possibly, some of the problem is mine - I suspect I am not part of the film's target audience. Even so, Easy is nothing special and offers nothing new. It's all been done before and done much better.

Posted on June 27, 2011

Blanch Rudgers says...

The low budget mediocre acting is somewhat forgivable, but I can't look past the over the top plot and emotional psychosis of the main character. What should have been a quirky romantic comedy turned into an incestuous love fest where everyone is sleeping with everyone else. Not only is it a cliche and tired plot, but far from anything remotely realistic. Furthermore the main character is painful to even watch as she traipses through life being "easy" as it were because she's an emotional vampire. In the end we question whether she can be happy with any of the characters, much less the man she ends up with, because she can't ever be happy on her own.



None of these characters are exactly role models nor do any of them actually make for an interesting movie. Save your time and money on this one due to its sheer lack of originality.

Posted on June 28, 2011

Felton Micheal says...

I have been a fan of Marguerite Moreau since The Mighty Ducks movies.Her career path is much more interesting than the career paths of the other Disney child stars; I especially loved her performances in "Queen of the Damned" and "Firestarter 2"; and the reason that I wanted to watch "Easy" is to see Marguerite Moreau's rendering of the lead character, Jamie.



The movie is a lot of fun, and Marguerite is very endearing in this film.



The only question that I have is about the ending.It comes across, I believe, as a happy ending.But with the track record of Marguerite's character (Jamie), you have to wonder "how long will it last?"



I would very much like to see a sequel to this film, and to find out what happens to the characters 10 years later.

Posted on June 28, 2011

Delorse Fredrick says...

Easy-on-the-eyes Marguerite Moreau carries the 2003 relationship drama, Easy.A Vassar graduate, she is best known for her work in television (Blossom) and for her her roles in Firestarter,The Mighty Ducks, and Runaway Jury.In Easy, Moreau stars as Jamie, a beautiful, 25-year-old "easy chick" who can't escape her history of taking off her clothes in the hopes of finding Mr. Right. When she finally meets two nice guys, a poet named John (Naveen Andrews of Lost, in which Moreau also had a role in Season Two of the series) and a funny cable television host Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), she is unable to decide which of them to pursue until after completing a 90-day vow of celibacy.Ultimately, while Jamie discovers that meaningless sex is easier than a meaningful relationship, it is less rewarding.I discovered this enjoyable film on late-night cable television, and look forward to seeing Moreau in future films.



G. Merritt

Posted on June 30, 2011

Augusta Espinosa says...

The film opens with answering machine messages from guys breaking off dates with Jamie (Marguerite Moreau), underscoring Jamie's main problem: the love 'em and leave 'em guys she gravitates toward. When a seemingly promising relationship with John (Naveen Andrews) ends, she vows to get to know the next guy before taking off her clothes, as she says, and begins 90 days of celibacy. During those 90 days, she meets Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne) and actually does get to know him.



Jamie's first meeting with John is full of the nervousness most of us can relate to as we build up the courage to go talk to a guy we find attractive. She promises herself and her sister that she won't sleep with him but she does anyway, justifying it with the familiar sentiment that she was afraid of losing him. She and John share some tender and awkward moments, until he tells her his ex has returned. It's terrible to watch her cry in front of him, and Naveen Andrews conveys regret convincingly just as he conveyed tenderness in his role in the film "The English Patient".



While swearing off men and cigarettes, she goes to her acupuncturist neighbor (D.B. Woodside) who is so handsome and sweet to her I wish he'd had a more dynamic role in the movie. She meets Mick who's also getting treated, and they begin a friendship laced with growing attraction. When John attempts to win Jamie back, she struggles with the hurt he caused and her new feelings for Mick. Jamie seemed to really want to be with John while she hesitates with Mick, making it hard for us to take sides and cheer for one guy or the other. I want her to do what's best for her, but it's hard to discern if she's choosing one over the other or just reacting and bouncing off each one into the other. But the film conveys the confusion of being in the middle of this kind of situation and it does not lay on any heavy moralizing about it. The plot has the usual misunderstandings that cause arguments between the lovers, and the camera stays with these unpleasant moments, giving the film a satisfying realism many romantic comedies stay away from. The subplots support the main theme of love and trust.



Wonderful, evocative, and heartfelt music by Grant Lee Phillips sets the mood and creates smooth transitions between scenes and shifts in the story. The light seems washed out in a few scenes, and the film has the feel of an indie picture, almost a documentary at times, as if we are visiting Jamie in her apartment as she goes through her struggles. The camera work echoes how adrift Jamie is in the world, unanchored and easily blown about by changes until she begins to get a grip on herself.



Jamie's hair and apartment are always a mess, and she personifies the pain of the search for the right guy, the roller coaster of hope, excitement, disappointment and the crying. I thought the subplot with the sister took a nasty turn, but the characters just accept it and move on. I wanted them to fight it out like the siblings did in the film "She's the One". There's an odd scene of Jamie encountering a woman who wants to jump off the building because her husband left her; the scene feels a bit like a device for the plot. It touches on Jamie's loss of her mother which is revisited later but not fully. It shows us just a hint of her relationship with her father that leaves us wanting to know more. At the end of the film, Mick provides an endearing shift in the meaning of the movie's title.

Posted on July 1, 2011

Fletcher Zale says...

Not a great film by any means. The star is attractive but wasted on this story.

Posted on July 1, 2011

Alverta Piluso says...

This is a delightful romantic comedy with a very engaging main actress (Marguerite Moreau). After spending years as a "jerk magnet", she is about to quit the dating scene when lo and behold, two decent guys with real potential come along. Like they say, "it never rains but it pours". She is then faced with the opposite problem of deciding which guy would be the better choice. While watching it, I didn't really know how things would turn out because both guys she was into were actually quite likeable. Fortunately everything ends happily. Well it is a romantic comedy. :)



I thought customers might want to know the specs for this DVD seeing as Amazon has continued its bad habit of omitting tech specs from newer releases. The DVD is by Screen Media Films. It is in it's original aspect ratio of 1.85.1 (enhanced for widescreen TV). Colors are accurate. There is quite a bit of film grain but not too distracting. My only quibble with the presentation is that black levels are closer to a dull grey so that the transfer lacks a sense of depth and richness. Soundwise it's in 2.0 and 5.1 surround with pretty decent sound reproduction. There are no close captions or subtitles contrary to what it says on the backcover and on Amazon.



All in all a very enjoyable movie. Definitely worth a viewing.

Posted on July 2, 2011

Margit Szuch says...

Iwas surprised I actually liked this movie as I usually avoid "cutesy romances" like the plague. This was well done and really is a movie one can easily relate to.

I'm not saying I would buy it but it is worth a rent or a late night stay up on a movie channel

Marguerite Moreau is a pleasure to look at clothed or not and although not a challenging role she handles it quite well and realistically

Posted on July 3, 2011

Nicolette Lail says...

It did drag on a little, but the acting was so understated and I loved that fact.What the supporting cast did with their slightly cliche characters was play them so realistically and the dialogue was simple and believable even when the situations weren't ones that should have worked (due to being done so often before or else a little odd) Nothing seemed forced or awkward to me, or even too artsy or silly.It was just a moody little story about a moody little woman.

Posted on July 7, 2011