Suburban Girl (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Marc Klein

Writers (WGA):

Marc Klein (screenplay)
Melissa Bank (short stories "My Old Man" and "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine" from the book "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing")

Release Date:

October 2007 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes the ending is only the beginning.

Plot:

A Manhattanite book editor finds her take on the game of romance changed after she lures the attention of an influential older man.

Plot Keywords:

Editor | Advice | Writer | Book Editor | New York

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Brett Eisenberg
Alec Baldwin	...	Archie Knox
Maggie Grace	...	Chloe
James Naughton	...	Robert Eisenberg
Chris Carmack	...	Jed
Vanessa Branch	...	Faye Faulkner
Peter Scolari	...	Mickey Lamm
Marian Seldes	...	Margaret Paddleford
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Ethan Eisenberg
Jill Eikenberry	...	Marlene Eisenberg
Marin Ireland	...	Katie
Nathan Corddry	...	Jason (as Nate Corddry)
Amad Jackson	...	Seaver
Jason Antoon	...	Dean
Stephanie Berry	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing (USA) (working title)
Untitled Marc Klein Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | UK:12 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

61st St & Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Odd Lot Entertainment

Trivia:

This film was the mark of Marc Klein's directing career.

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene in which Brett is in the car with Archie shows her with the seat belt over her shoulder. Then, when the camera moves, you see her seat belt around her upper arm. This happens throughout the entire car ride.

Quotes:

Ethan Eisenberg: I know I'm not dad, but if you ever need to talk to someone I could try to manufacture something that sounds lucid.
Brett Eisenberg: [pause] The only thing that I can't bear, that's killing me... Is the thought that he was worried about me when he died.
Ethan Eisenberg: He wasn't worried.
Brett Eisenberg: How do you know?
Ethan Eisenberg: I was here the morning that dad got the phone call from Mickey. Well, after he hung up the phone, I told him would gladly assassinate Archie, if that's what he wanted. You know a dieing wish vendetta type of thing.
Brett Eisenberg: Very comforting.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Journey Into Fear (1943)

Soundtrack:

Slipping Under(Sing Along to Your Favorite Song)

Romantic comedy without romance or comedy

Take your average brainless romantic comedy, that is fluffy but entertaining enough, that gives a few laughs. Formula food for movie goers. Remove the comedy, and then remove any believable romance. What do you have remaining? Not even drama. It is nice to see Sarah Michelle Gellar in something, and she is a fine enough actress. Alec Baldwin, stock rising after 30 Rock, was not the right choice for this 'story', and between them they cannot save a weak script or inject anything of interest. They are not convincing of love, nor even interact in any interesting way. Nor are there any compensatory laughs. The plot is a straight forward slice-of-life of a girl who meets an older man, and shacks up with him. What happens in the end? Nothing to care about.