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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Image Entertainment
Salesrank: 13951
Released: January 15, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Based on stories from the bestselling book The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Grudge) stars in this funny and disarmingly wise romantic comedy set against the exhilarating backdrop of New York City. Gellar is Brett a naive associate book editor embarking on her first big job. Brett is overwhelmed until she develops a romance with the seasoned literary star Archie Knox (30 Rock's Alec Baldwin) and is introduced to a glamorous new world. But when she faces a family crisis Brett must make the decision of a lifetime as this girl from the burbs finds herself at a big-city crossroads.System Requirements:LENGTH: 97 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 014381450323 Manufacturer No: ODD4503DVD
Suburban Girl Reviews:
Much Ado About Nothing 
2008-10-03 - Sarah plays a book editor who sets her sights on dating the CEO of a publishing company. And that's pretty much the whole story. The problem with this film is that it has no drama. Most of the first hour is just about the two people dating. The last half hour of the film was a little slow and meandering, before it attempts to put a happy ending on this rather dull and pointless story. I was disappointed and now I know why the film went straight to DVD.
Starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2008-08-24 - I admit it. I watched Suburban Girl because of Sarah Michelle Gellar. What can I say? I love my Buffy. This movie is based on the short stories in The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank. This further increased my interest, as I've seen the book, but never picked it up. (The movie has nothing to do with actual hunting or fishing, FYI.) Gellar is Brett Eisenberg, an editor, trying to work her way up at a NY publishing company, who meets Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin), a much older veteran of the publishing world. Romance ensues and real life tragedies interrupt, making both take watch of their lives. The funniest part about this movie was my boyfriend walking in and wondering who matched up Baldwin as Gellar's father. Uh, they are supposed to be a couple, yeah, so not believable. If you really love either of them, watch it, other than that save your time and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer instead. We will all be much happier.
a few reactions
2008-08-17 - I would like to add that YES, the novel is great. I hope those who are disappointed by the movie won't be dissuaded from checking out the novel, which is wonderfully well written, not fluffy "lit". In fact Melissa Bank's writing has been compared to John Cheever and she has been described as a descendant of the Hemingway, Raymond Carver school.
Also I was surprised and pleased that someone commented that it is a shame that the movie gives the impression that older / younger relationships are doomed from the start. I have been with my husband for fourteen years; he is significantly older than I am and although there are challenges that come with this--yes, some power imbalance certainly, and also at times family members have had great difficulty accepting us--we are none-the-less extremely happy and committed. Even Bank's novel implies that there must always be a confused girl, messed-up older man dynamic, which I think is an unfortunate caricature.
Be it older woman / younger man, or the opposite, I think people should realize they can find happiness through unconventional relationships, and once they do they shouldn't have to be faced again and again with tiresome, sometimes very nasty stereotypes.
Bad Ending
2008-06-16 - Suburban Girl overall was ok. It is not a movie that I would personally watch again. Part of it could have been my timing. In the movie Sarah Michelle Gellar's Character's father passes away. I watched it the day before Father's Day and my father passed a few years ago. When I first rented this movie I was under the impression that it was a romantic comedy as well. There was kind of a melancholy feel throughout the whole movie. Another thing that displeased me was the way that a relationship between an older man and younger woman was betrayed. In this movie it made it seem as though that type of relationship was pretty much doomed from the beginning and that is not always the case, granted this is a movie and not real life as well.
It is an ok movie to watch but don't do it on a rainy day.
really REALLY bad adaption of great book with good actors 
2008-05-28 - After watching most of it (I just couldn't force myself to watch the whole thing), I sat stumped. How could a movie with charismatic actors (Alec Baldwin and Sarah Michele Gellar) based on a great book (The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing) be so bad? Sure I had a vague thought of didn't this movie go straight to video release? but I pushed it aside and rented it because the reviews here were mixed and I was a big fan of the book and actors starring in it. How bad could it really be? The answer is really, REALLY bad. The actors displayed their usual charm but they lacked chemistry together. A bad thing when it's a romantic comedy. Come to think of it, there wasn't much chemistry between any of the actors. Another deal breaker was the lack of a strong daughter/father relationship in the movie. This was key to the story in book form and it did not translate onto screen. In fact, the whole story didn't translate onto screen properly. It missed the whole poignancy of the book, a young woman having to grow up. This film did not engage me in the least and I was looking forward to watching it!
This is what stayed with me after viewing - did the actors owe the director, producer or the studio? otherwise, the editor did a chop job that should seal their fate in the industry - and nothing about the film itself. Potential viewers, that cannot be a good sign. Skip the movie version and go buy the book. It's a great read and you won't regret it.
