FORCES OF NATURE
FORCES OF NATURE starts badly with a bachelor party impression that ends when 80 year old Grandpa has a heart attack watching the requisite sexy dancer and confesses he never loved Grandma. He says she “looked like Tolstoy,” which is a very weird line.
This sets up doubts in about to be bridegroom Ben Affleck’s mind about commitment (to fiancée Maura Tierney). He is thrown into a crazy New York to Savannah road movie with stranger Sandra Bullock.
The banter and creative cinematics alternately score and irritate, as the actors (he’s somewhat inhibited, she’s a bit nutty) cavort on train tops, in a hailstorm and other unusual places. The film’s romantic comedy roots go back to It Happened One Night. The Gable Colbert ending is missing, but thoughtful viewers will find Forces truthful and satisfying. Satisfactory for mature audiences.
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