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Cinematherapy for Lovers: The Girl's Guide to Finding True Love One Movie at a Time

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I totally disagree with the negative review posted previously. I think movie reviews are entirely subjective (thus the long-standing success of Ebert and Etc.). If everybody thought the same, there wouldn't be a Shrek sequel. Personally, I thought Rear Window was one of the more romantic Hitchcock films, and the restored version is a superb suspensful movie and the romantic tension between James Stewart and Grace Kelly is simply amazing (she passed up "On the Waterfront" to do Rear Window). And yes, the Jay & Silent Bob duo (Kevin Smith, et al) were good in Dogma, but I couldn't make it through "JB...strikes back." So, like all books which provide subjective guidelines for movies (or other media), you will either "jibe" with what the editor/author, reviewer/blogger, have to say, or you won't. True film lovers will usually give any movie a chance (well, maybe not the computer-animated Barbie direct-to-dvd stuff), and that can be an interesting way for couples to find a middle ground and "connect" to different ways of thinking beyond the traditional date night thriller or stab-fest. Movies which couples might not see at the theatre can be more suitable for home viewing on a comfy couch, and thus the value of books like Cinematherapy.

If you like the other Cinematherapy books, you MIGHT like this one.

Some of the suggestions in this book seem bizarre; Austin Powers as an example of a great guy? Um, yeah.

When I saw this book had recommendations such as "The Shipping News" and "I'm the One that I Want" I picked it up, hoping that this book could open my eyes to good female-oriented movies. Unfortunately, the book's reviews are nothing short of insulting. Ausin Powers 2 is a good movie for women because it assures us that guys are really good people? What Dreams May Come is a good movie for making your guy realize how sad he'll be when you're gone (emotional blackmail, anyone?)? Rear Window is a romantic movie? What the heck? And I've read their assessment of Moulin Rouge! about eighteen times and I still don't see how the movie is supposed to be sexist.

Also, any book that disses Jay and Silent Bob gets my goat. And then they have the nerve to recommend Stepmom! Yuck.

All in all, this book is nothing but a list horrible reviews for good and bad movies. Don't waste your money and buy another book of recommendations. Hopefully one that recommends Chasing Amy.

P.S. My issue isn't these women's opinions, it's the way they present them. I'd rather have genuine film reviews than "agenda-driven" reviews. That's all you're going to get here.