Puccini for Beginners Movie Review by Victoria Broom

Ok, this movie review is going to be a lot different from my last, main reason being.. I didn’t like this film.  

The Plot focusses around three main characters... ALLEGRA who is played by Elizabeth Reaser, GRACE played by Gretchen Mol and the oh so annoying PHILLIP who is played by Justin Kirk.

The film opens with Allegra in a relationship with Samantha, Allegra cannot commit therefor Samantha leaves her for a man (how charming!).

Allegra meets Phillip and starts a relationship (as lesbians do!) then meets his girlfriend Grace (what a coincidence) and starts a relationship with her too (greedy greedy) and the story is… Phillip doesn’t know Allegra is dating Grace and Grace doesn’t know Allegra is dating Phillip... Allegra doesn’t know Grace and Phillip used to date.

And that my readers, is the plot! Ta da!!

In my opinion.. there is no real point to this film, no real story except about a bisexual woman who is portrayed as a lesbian yet sleeps with men and ends up in two relationships. That’s where the story starts and ends.

If there were some good acting moments I could forgive this film, or even a hint of something sexy.. but sadly no. This film lacks imagination, talent, and good looks. Nothing about this film is good.. The story is dated, the actors are dire, the characters annoying. The director MARIA MAGGENTI has seriously got this wrong.. Its just not interesting and almost insulting to the lesbian community.

Don’t buy the DVD, don’t see the film, unless you want a dreary storyline where lesbians are shown as confused, pretentious, annoying, cheating, bisexuals its really not worth your time.

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Film Title: Puccini for Beginners
Released: 2006
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 12
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492481/