Suradit In Auntie Mame, the theme of which bears some similarity to this movie, a woman who has been used to living the good life suddenly finds herself destitute. She and her nephew Patrick (Patrick Dennis who wrote the story) try to cope through a series of amusing situations as Mame hopes to land a wealthy, loving husband. At one point she tries her hand at working as a salesclerk in a department store with disastrous results.In My One and Only, Anne, who is used to living the good life decides to leave her husband, taking with her limited funds, some jewelry and her two sons, including son George (who supposedly authored the story as a biographical sketch). They head west in a new Cadillac and attempt to cope with a series of not amusing, somewhat absurd situations as she tries to land a husband to support them, evincing little interest in how loving or suitable the men she meets might be as husbands or fathers to her sons and, apparently??, without ever divorcing the husband she left behind. At one point she tries her hand at working as a waitress and picking up random men in a bar with disastrous results. Rosalind Russell, and later Lucille Ball, played Mame, both turning in great performances with a lot of spirit and humor. Renée Zellweger appeared to drag herself through this movie in what can only be described as a flat, unenthusiastic performance. All she did was pucker her lips and squint, whenever anyone told her she was beautiful, which happened every few minutes. All the men she met along the way were flawed in some major, often sinister way. As another reviewer said, every significant older male in the story was presented in a negative way.Since the story was supposedly biographical, I guess what happened must have been at least partially based on reality, but a good deal of it was pretty far-fetched. Once they reach Hollywood they find themselves as extras on a movie set. Anne hurts her foot in one scene, the producer rushes over and based on that he agrees to give her second son a chance to play a lead role in another movie although he possesses no talent or meaningful experience. George intervenes and the rest, as they say, is history, the details of which would require a spoiler alert … although as a hint, things took a turn not dissimilar from events in another great Rosalind Russell movie, Gypsy,as Baby June cedes her place to her sister.Logan Lerman and Kevin Bacon turned in decent performances. The Cadillac was quite nice. Renée Zellweger limped through her role and the rest of the cast phoned it in. The screen play of the biography was illogical, lacked any depth, full of holes, neither amusing nor dramatic, and torturous. A waste of time.

SnoopyStyle It's 1953. Ann Deveraux (Renée Zellweger) lives with her womanizing band leader husband Danny (Kevin Bacon) and her two sons George (Logan Lerman) and Robbie (Mark Rendall) in NYC. After catching him with the latest indiscretion, Ann walks out on him. She's a flaky clueless mother and goes on a cross country road trip looking for a new man.This shows that Renée Zellweger is actually a real actresses. She's given a couple of great lines and a fascinating character. She does a pretty good job. Logan Lerman is a good young actor. He plays George Hamilton's character in the semi-biopic. It feels a little light weight and meandering. Maybe I just don't know much about George Hamilton or a fan of his work. He's always been just a caricature of the Hollywood guy with too dark of a tan. So I'm not naturally interested in his life.

Timothy Tang This movie was inspired by the real-life story of George Hamilton. After his mother got tired of his dad's affairs, she took him and his brother on a 50s road trip adventure in search for a new husband, on a real 1953 blue Cadillac Eldorado convertible.This movie used authentic props like cars, clothing, music, vocabulary, accent, color shades and hues, buildings, and everything straight from the 50s. It even has multiple references to 50s lifestyle like the nostalgic metal foil TV dinner, famous 50s actors and even the show "I Love Lucy".The movie is funny, sad, quirky, witty, stylish, charming, sweet, smooth, intelligent. This slow-paced screen memoir is not the kind you enjoy with popcorn and soda, but with a glass of wine and sushi.Also, I made a fan music video of the movie, tell me what you think— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX0q4eOYVx4

ryancm Wjile maybe not the best film of the year it certainly is better than most of the trash that's been released thus far. No car chases, explosions, killings, drugs or sex nor foul language. No wonder it was a flop at the box office. Tis a pity as this is an exceptionally dramady. Good performances from the entire cast, down to the tiniest bits. Rene Zellweger was at the top of her game here. The boys playing her sons were sensational with the character of Robbie having the best one-liners and delivering them with zest. Very authentic look of the film which makes it even better. An extra scene here and there would have helped with what was going on part of the time. A couple of scenes seem to jump as if there was something missing. The only unreal thing is the taxi driving up to the sound stage at the end. That couldn't happen in real life. It's a shame this didn't have a broader release as no one saw it. Hope the DVD release is seen by many.