Monday, April 30, 2012 at 4:22PM
NATHANIEL R in Elisabeth Shue, Hope Springs, Meryl Streep, Mimi Rogers, Romantic Comedies, Tommy Lee Jones
I'm such a ditz. Last week we learned that Meryl Streep really needed more potassium in her diet -- the marketing for her new comedy Hope Springs is obsessed with those bananas -- and perhaps because of my love-hate relationship with those yellow phallic symbols, I completely forgot to post this particular Yes No Maybe So edition after writing it up.
Meryl's potassium deficiency.
Last week I also got a painful charley horse in my left calf and I ate bananas the rest of the week as penance. I think I have a super mild allergy because they always make my mouth feel weird.
Am I crazy or does Steve Carell have one of the most soothing beautiful voices ever. I want him to talk at me and talk at me and tell me everything will be okay. I love how his big screen persona is so different than his small screen work.
Last time David Frankel and Streep worked together they gave us Miranda Priestley so we kinda owe them.
Meryl and the Signifying Banana.
OMG. Hi, Elisabeth Shue and Mimi Rogers. Meet you in 1987!!!
Great 80s Ladies: Elisabeth Shue, Meryl Streep, Mimi Rogers
MAYBE SO
The threesome joke that ends the trailer. I can't decide if it's hilarious in a dumb joke way or just groan-worthy. If all the jokes are cheeky ribbings this will be hard to swallow.
NO
The trailer isn't particularly funny and seems a little "you go girl" Lifetime bland.
Tommy Lee Jones? In this part?
Meryl Streep? With that hair? Seriously why.
Remember when we all first heard about this project and it sounded like a nuanced marital drama and it was going to star Jeff Bridges and I was pissed that Michelle Pfeiffer didn't fight Meryl for the role? This is not at all what I was expecting!
the trailer in question...
Are you a Yes No or Maybe So?
Ever practiced on a banana?
Is this way outside of your comfort zone?
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