CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
JIM reviews film “POST GRAD” – Job-Hunting becomes frustratingly hard for people in QUIRKY families
“POST GRAD” – Job-Hunting becomes frustratingly hard for people in QUIRKY families
Rating: 7.5 of 10 stars.
This romantic comedy is surprisingly WELL-DONE, funny (in a non-sleazy way) & ENJOYABLE. Ryden Malby (ALEXIS BLEDEL) is a new college graduate who’s dying to get a job at the top publishing company in Los Angeles. She’s always supported by her devoted boyfriend Adam Davies (ZACH GILFORD), who knows he loves her more than vice versa & holds off going to law school in New York so he can stay around her and work to be a performing singer - guitarist. Her family tends to be resolutely eccentric: Dad (MICHAEL KEATON) who keeps trying to find get-rich-quick schemes; Mom (JANE LYNCH); Grandma (CAROL BURNETT); & her younger brother Hunter (BOBBY COLEMAN). But Alexis DOESN’T easily get the job she wanted, has a lot of employment problems, & has to keep living at home near sexy neighbor David (RODRIGO SANTORO)— which causes strains with Zach. The script is clever (without being overdone), the acting really believable & FINE by all involved, the soundtrack really good (like Fox’s ‘500 Days of Summer’), & thus I’m happy to recommend it.