Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

Wonderful character development!

Really Surprised!

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This feature is unique in that to REALLY appreciate it, the viewer should be equipped with an understanding of rural small town culture AND big city culture. There is indeed a definable difference...and clash. This movie does bring that difference to the viewer. And it is funny. I found myself laughing on numerous occasions. Where I grew up, the local Costco sold "salt licks"(don't know what it is: look it up). Something you would NEVER find anywhere near the "CITY". The "Bargain Barn"; oh my...we're back home. This movie is worth the time to see, but do try to view with your mind accepting unfamiliar cultural territory.

Marc Lawrence wrote and directed this mostly unamusing comedy about a soon-to-be-divorced couple from the Big Apple (the wife a hotshot real estate broker so popular she rates a magazine cover, and the husband a cheating lawyer with a British accent who still loves his spouse) stumbling upon the murder of the wife's latest client and being placed in the Witness Protection Program. Transferred to small-town Wyoming, the couple shoot guns, ride horses, and fend off a bear while the audience waits for the New York hit-man to eventually track them down. Improbable, to say the least, but for the first hour not terrible. Sarah Jessica Parker dithers and fidgets too much, but she's a bright presence and gets her share of laughs (particularly when her penthouse is invaded and she makes a funny escape from her balcony). I'm not certain whether Hugh Grant is typecast or miscast here (perhaps he's a bit of both). Grant is such an inactive presence in the proceedings, and so unhappy on-screen, that he drains the fun from the movie's fish-out-of-water second-half; he doesn't even make much of an effort to click with Parker, and his big comic scenes (particularly the one with the bear) fall flat. Lawrence sets up the City Folks vs. Rural Folks clichés without any snap, and the redneck stereotypes (such as Wilford Brimley's disgruntled Republican) are bummers. A few laughs early on, but the picture doesn't stay the course. It should be relegated to Witless Protection Program. *1/2 from ****

In 'Two Weeks Notice' and especially 'Music and Lyrics' Marc Lawrence and Hugh Grant collaborated to create two above average romantic comedies. However, third time is not the charm.The issue for me with this film is that the idea of city slickers being forced to live in the country has been done many times before...and better. While there are new ideas within this film you can't help but think with the talent involved a more original idea wouldn't have been better.Full credit though to Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker for making the most of the script they were given. OK so they are playing characters that they've played many times elsewhere but it's what we know them for so are prepared to go along with it. While the film is predictable it is also mildly entertaining and well performed - you can't ask for much more than that.Grant remains the king of rom-coms and Lawrence an adapt writer/director. I look forward to their fourth collaboration.

Like most of the other reviewers who enjoyed this film, I'm baffled as to why it has such a low score on here. My boyfriend and I watched it last night, and we both laughed out loud a few times! The humour was witty,and not the obvious slapstick kind. OK, it might not have you rolling on the floor but it definitely had enough funny moments to make it enjoyable.Unlike most 'comedies' these days the film wasn't crude, and had no bimbos in bikinis, so maybe some of the reviewers here just aren't used to decent, family friendly wit. The characters were likable, and I really felt that a lot of the dialogue and issues in the plot regarding love and relationships were very real. I could totally identify with a lot of it, and it was very touching at parts. Obviously you pretty much know where the story is going to go, but I actually felt like they swerved a lot of the obvious clichés they could have used.In summary, I'm baffled as to how this has such a low score on here, especially compared to other films, and my partner and I both found it funny, engaging, touching, and would definitely watch it a few more times. Wouldn't have expected anything more from a fairly light-hearted romcom!