I resisted going to see “Did You Hear about the Morgans?” for a long time and I regret that I gave in and saw it. Sarah Jessica Parker, not one of my favorites, plays a shrill, hyperactive, self-absorbed real estate agent and wife to Hugh Grant’s cheating lawyer husband. They’ve separated, but he wants her back although why is not clear. They don’t seem to love each other and there’s absolutely no chemistry between them. Director Marc Lawrence, who also wrote the script, apparently believes that an audience that enjoys romantic comedies will suspend all disbelief so anything, no matter how stupid, goes. So Paul (Grant) and Meryl (Parker) witness a murder and the killer sees their faces. The FBI places them in a witness relocation program, sending them to Ray, Wyoming to stay with the local sheriff, Clay Wheeler (Sam Elliott) and his wife, Emma (Mary Steenburgen). While there, Paul and Meryl work to rebuild their relationship while doing silly things that are guaranteed to attract the attention of the killer.
The basic idea, a materialistic city girl out of her element, isn’t successful here. Too many of the comic opportunities fall flat, including the scene with the bear. To be fair, Grant has a few good lines and Elliott and Steenburgen are always solid. Overall, “Did You Hear about the Morgans?” is a waste of time. 1/10/10
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"Did You hear about the Morgans" could have been a pretty good movie if the studio would have chosen any other actress other than Sarah Jessica Parker. I suppose she is entertaining to those who watch her "sex" TV show but to star her with Hugh Grant is complete lunacy. They looked about as comfortable together as a snake and a race horse. You can guess which one was the snake.
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