HomePopWatch Previewer: 'Role Models,' 'Rachel Getting Married,' 'The Informers,' and more!
Aug 7, 2008, 05:08 PM | by Adam Markovitz
Categories: PopWatch Previewer
It’s still mighty toasty outside, but the fall movie season is already revving up with trailers for Oscar bait (Rachel Getting Married, starring Anne Hathaway, pictured), prestige pics (The Informers), and box-office hopefuls (Quarantine and Role Models, starring Paul Rudd, pictured). Check out the clips and let us know if any of them will get you in the theaters.
THE INFORMERS (Warning: NSFW trailer)
November
Plot:
You tell me. Judging by the loosely connected scenes of sex, drugs, and
self-hatred, my guess is it’s a pitch-black ensemble drama.
Looks like: I Loathe the 80’s, Brett Easton Ellis-style.
Verdict: It might be set during the Reagan administration, but Informers’
cast is straight out of 1994, with Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder,
Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, and Brad Renfro all sharing the screen.
(My colleague Sean Howe points out that even Chris “Wicked Game”
Isaak has a part, so fingers crossed for an uncredited Heather Graham
cameo). Even so, the promise of bad hair and great New Order tunes is
almost enough to get me in the theater. Almost.
More previews after the jump...
QUARANTINE
October 10
Plot: Horror ensues after the police mysteriously barricade a news crew inside a house-cum-deathtrap.
Looks like: The Ruins set in a building, with some Blair Witch-style shaky-cam shots.
Verdict: Ah, the timeless appeal of watching no-name actors get picked off by freaky, bump-in-the-dark boogeymen. Quarantine has all the hallmarks of a modern horror movie: Cloverfield-esque POV footage, crazy monsterchildren (think the creepy girl in The Ring), the dragged-from-behind shot (One Missed Call), etc. And despite the clichés, it still looks pretty darn scary. Count me in — for a matinee.
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
October
Plot: Angsty black sheep Kim (Anne Hathaway) raises hell on her sister’s Indian-themed big day.
Looks like: Margot at the East-Meets-West Wedding
Verdict:
Everyone loves a good family drama in the fall, and it’ll be fun to see
Hathaway finally tackle a meaty leading role — even if her character
did somehow scalp Tilda Swinton in Constantine. Plus, Debra Winger! Long time no see! (If you’re about to mention Dawn Anna… don’t).
ROLE MODELS
November 14
Plot:
A pair of man-child beer reps (Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott)
grudgingly enter a court-ordered big brother program and (shocker!) end
up learning some life lessons.
Looks like: Wedding Crashers meets Big Daddy.
Verdict:
You may be surprised to learn that this is actually NOT a Judd Apatow
movie. It certainly has the plot — schlubby guys coming of age — and
the goofy, loose-lipped tone of one of the laughmeister’s creations.
Even the cast is made up of Team Judd regulars: Rudd, Christopher
Mintz-Plasse (Superbad’s McLovin), Jane Lynch (Andy’s randy boss in The 40 Year Old Virgin), and Elizabeth Banks (Virgin's kinky superfreak). But Role Models was actually helmed by Wet Hot American Summer
vet David Wain, which might explain why — despite packing more clichés
than a Mastercard commercial — the trailer actually got a few laughs
out of me.
Your turn, PopWatchers: Should Quarantine (and/or The Informers) be declared off limits? Does Role Models set a good example for fall comedies? And are you in the mood to see Rachel Getting Married, or would you rather just hit up the open bar at the reception?
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