Suburban Girl (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Marc Klein

Writers (WGA):

Marc Klein (screenplay)
Melissa Bank (short stories "My Old Man" and "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine" from the book "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing")

Release Date:

October 2007 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes the ending is only the beginning.

Plot:

A Manhattanite book editor finds her take on the game of romance changed after she lures the attention of an influential older man.

Plot Keywords:

Editor | Book Editor | Advice | Writer | Book

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Brett Eisenberg
Alec Baldwin	...	Archie Knox
Maggie Grace	...	Chloe
James Naughton	...	Robert Eisenberg
Chris Carmack	...	Jed
Vanessa Branch	...	Faye Faulkner
Peter Scolari	...	Mickey Lamm
Marian Seldes	...	Margaret Paddleford
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Ethan Eisenberg
Jill Eikenberry	...	Marlene Eisenberg
Marin Ireland	...	Katie
Nathan Corddry	...	Jason (as Nate Corddry)
Amad Jackson	...	Seaver
Jason Antoon	...	Dean
Stephanie Berry	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing (USA) (working title)
Untitled Marc Klein Project (USA) (working title)
Entre lui... et moi (France) (TV title) [fr]
Erkekleri tavlama sanati (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Koritsi voreion proasteion (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Nyt nappaa (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Suburban girl - Talvolta la fine è solo un nuovo inizio (Italy) [it]
Une fille à la page (France) [fr]
Upper East Side Love - Manchmal ist das Ende nur der Anfang (Germany) (DVD title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | UK:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

61st St & Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Odd Lot Entertainment

Trivia:

Their was wide spread fan gossip that George Clooney was set to play Archie Knox before the film began production.

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene in which Brett is in the car with Archie shows her with the seat belt over her shoulder. Then, when the camera moves, you see her seat belt around her upper arm. This happens throughout the entire car ride.

Quotes:

Robert Eisenberg: Is Archie alcoholic?
Brett Eisenberg: Yeah
Robert Eisenberg: Look, you know I don't like to get involved in your life. But this is the reason that I don't... That I'm worried about this relationship with this man. If Archie isn't going to take care of himself someone else will. I don't want you to have to spend your life that way.

Movie Connections:

References Cocoon (1985)

Soundtrack:

Smokin' Some Blues

Not your same old romantic comedy

I am generally not a fan of romantic comedies, they tend to be rather brainless, you see one and you seen them all sort of thing. How ever I was pleasantly surprised with Suburban Girl, it doesn't take you to the same old plot that seemingly all romantic comedies go to. I am sure you know what I mean, boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy looses girl, boy gets girl in the end. Instead we are introduced to a young woman, unsure of herself, looking to her relationship with an older man to give her the answers she can't seem to find. This is not your usual fare, and is a funny, well acted look at a May December romance. I think Alec Baldwin and Sarah Michelle Gellar, worked well with each other, giving a very good perfromances. I would go see this again.