leethomas-11621
A romance, horror, crime and road movie all in one! Not sure what it's all for but it sure is different! (viewed 11/16)
SnoopyStyle
Silas Parker (James Franco) is a petty criminal on parole. He can't leave the state, but his newly wed wife Camille Foster (Sienna Miller) insists on going to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. Lucky for her, his parole officer (Scott Glenn) is her uncle. When they get into an accident on the road, the movie goes in a strange direction.Silas is a moody guy frustrated with hyper-talkative Camille. He doesn't necessarily want to marry her, but her uncle wouldn't be too happy. They're just not a likable couple. Their fights do wear on the audience. She's hopelessly manic and romantic.This is a movie where the story is trying to push it into quirkiness, and most of times it fails. Sienna Miller is pushing her comfort zone with this talkative wacky character. She doesn't always pull it off. James Franco needs to be more desperate. He could never get into that character.
TxMike
This is one of the movies Netflix recommended for me, based on my viewing habits. Saw it via streaming video.Sienna Miller is Camille and James Franco is Silias. He is mostly an idiot, a petty thief that is just getting out of jail. Somehow he is required to marry her, and make her happy, otherwise her uncle, Scott Glenn as Sheriff Foster, will see to it that he goes to jail for a long, long time.So Silas unhappily marries Camille, who is just bubbly and happy. Too bubbly and happy, Silas just wants her to shut up, quit talking all the time, and quit telling strangers everything about them.To say this is an unconventional love story is a big understatement. It caught me off guard, but I stuck with it and was entertained. The late David Carradine is also a quirky character, Cowboy Bob, traveling around to small town fairs with his painted horses.SPOILERS FOLLOW: Sheriff Foster sends the newlyweds off towards Niagra Falls on his motorcycle equipped with a side car. Camille is a bit frivolous, and her timing often sucks, as when she is playing with her diamond ring, it falls to the road, she panics Silas, to avoid hitting a big truck they fly off the road, he is injured and, we soon find out, she is dead. But she wakes up to be able to move and speak, so they continue on. But she soon starts to smell bad, her hair falls out, Silas realizes she is dead, but they press on to the Falls. Soon the cops are chasing them, Silas is cornered and shot, he dies as he is also reunited with Camille, they both go over the rail into the Falls riding the blue horse. The whole escapade has made Silas fall in love with Camille and both now dead will spend eternity together. Very quirky and whimsical.
sfiver
What do you do with an overbearing bride on her wedding night? You kill her, of course. Problem is: she won't die. Problems, problems and more problems when the groom starts to fall in love with
a corpse? Solution: maintain calm and continue on your honeymoon to Niagara Falls with your new wife who has a knack of coming back to life at, of course, inopportune moments.Camille is an enchanting exercise into fantasy. Mr. Franco scores a near-perfect performance as the new and most hesitant groom. The title character is portrayed by Sienna Miller. Ms. Miller's transformation from grueling, controlling, uber-bride bitch to loving, yet fragile (and dead) woman is superb. Her translation and interpretation of Camille is easy and fun to witness.It's always a simple pleasure to find a little gem like Camille.
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