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No Love Interest

posted 19 years ago by el_gato_con_botas_8
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There is an interview with Sandra Bullock and she says that in this movie they didn't want any kind of love interest in the movie (Ben Bratt) because most ppl think that the only comedy woman can be in is in a romantic comedy. I think its kind of true. Most of Bullocks comedies are romantic comedies. Like Two Week Notice and While You Were Slepping. But in my opinion I believe that if you start with something you should end it that way too. Save the lack of love interest for something that is not a sequel.

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[–] BlueBabe63 19 years ago

I'm glad she broke up with Eric in the movie though. I thought it made the movie better...at first I was disappointed, but then I realized it was ok.

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[–] aliminx 19 years ago

He dumped her.

[–] Sara_h88 19 years ago

Do you get to know why they are not together? I really wanted them to be that. I have not seen this movie yet and I never will sense she and Eric are not together in this movie. And if they start withb something why dont they justs continue it that way. Im mad that they are not together in this movie.

[–] kimberkim5 16 years ago

I was sad at not seeing Benjamin Bratt in this one. But how they made Eric break up with her over the phone that way I wanted Jeff Forman to end up with her.

[–] vmfiles 15 years ago

I will probably never see this film either now knowing Eric and Gracie broke up. And I love the first film because of the cutesy goodness of Eric being attracted to his 'weird--in her own world' partner despite the way she looked. And that ending in the first film was oh-so romantic. If they were going to make a second film and Benjamin Bratt wasn't going to appear in the second film they should have written him in as going on assignment to explain his absence. That would have been a much more satisfying conclusion especially for people who liked the film one.

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[–] illhavetheveal 16 years ago

She didnt have a love interest because the point was that she has a new partner/bff, Sam Fuller.

[–] Computer_Stud 15 years ago

The basic idea is for her to move on and find happiness without having a man in her life. That's why she doesn't have a love interest in this sequel.

[–] WycheHaesel 15 years ago

I thought Regina King made a good love interest...

I'm just saying

[–] cupcakery 14 years ago

Yes I agree, I can understand Sandra Bullock wanting to have a movie without the romantic angle since so many of hers are. But yeah, save it for a different movie.

Of course, there doesn't have to be a love interest in every movie, but people like to be in relationships which is why we like movies with a love story side, even if it is not the main point of the story.

But I really hate when sequels in particular UNDO the love story that happened in the first. Why? I loved the Gracie and Eric part of the story. More than two people hooking up, it was part of their character development. Each of them grew a little from the start to the end, and that growth is part of what nudges them to shift their friendship to something more. Because we started with them being friends, if somewhat antagonistic to each other, but still friends underneath, it was not as artificial as lots of movie romances are.

So why undo what the first movie did? I know in part, they say people get bored AFTER a couple has gotten together in movies or TV, the anticipation is half the interest. I get that, but why break them up? Why not, as someone else said, have Bratt's character be away on some big assignment to explain why he wouldn't be in the movie?

Fail, Miss Congeniality 2, fail.

[–] Nizzemancer-1 11 years ago

Except in this case it was completely negated by the fact that he dumped her at the start of the film and she was devastated throughout the entire movie because of it. In other words the independant woman they wanted to portray wasn't all that independant.

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that's why people seem bright,
until you hear them.

[–] Hippo9 9 years ago

I kept hoping Bratt would make an unannounced cameo at the end but never happened.

I guess this movie is a precursor to The Heat.