
Michael, a college student, visits his girlfriend Gabriella and her family for Christmas in Canada. When he gets there, she tells him that she doesn't love him any more. Michael attempts to see what is happening. Meanwhile, her family is exceedingly strange: her father is an atheist writer who spends most of his time wandering the house nude. Her mother is a devout Catholic who bears eccentricities of her own. The sisters along with Michael visit their grandmother at a mental... (Full plot summary below)
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Michael, a college student, visits his girlfriend Gabriella and her family for Christmas in Canada. When he gets there, she tells him that she doesn't love him any more. Michael attempts to see what is happening. Meanwhile, her family is exceedingly strange: her father is an atheist writer who spends most of his time wandering the house nude. Her mother is a devout Catholic who bears eccentricities of her own. The sisters along with Michael visit their grandmother at a mental institution, where she mistakes Michael for her dead husband. Meanwhile Gabriella's sisters express interest in him. Granny escapes the hospital and heads back to her home in the woods, and the family chases after her, and Michael is kept reeling.
Leave your thoughts about Some Girls.
| VarietyVariety StaffA cross-cultural teen sex farce with some good moments, Some Girls hinges on the deadpan comic timing of Patrick Dempsey. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...an exercise in irritation that possesses exceedingly little in the way of positive attributes. |
| User ReviewYenny CMe encanta Patrick Dempsey y Jennifer Connelly, esta es una pelicula hermosa, se las recomiendo |
| User ReviewCaleb CThis is one of my favorite movies, period. It's far off-center, but even granting that the low audience rating is a head-scratcher. The heart of the movie isn't the relationship between Patrick Dempsey and Jennifer Connelly; it's the one between Dempsey and the wonderful, luminous Lila Kedrova. Give it a try - and give yourself over to it. A gem. |
| User ReviewJonas BThis movie is so good. I guess the photography, the mansion, the snowy landscape, and the girls are the perfect set for Dempsey's character development. Silly, dreamy, jealous, lost, generous and most of all lucky. I wish that was me living in that house with all those crazy beautiful girls. |
| User ReviewTessa CThis film suffered from bad advertisement. Viewers expecting a Jennifer Connelly/ Patrick Dempsey romantic comedy will be disappointed, but those who will appreciate Botticelli motifs, Faulkner references, and a whimsical yet touching meditation on the "mysteries of women" will come away pleasantly surprised. Dempsey's relationship with Lila Kedrova is sweet and uplifting, and the meditations on the nature of women by Andre Gregory are a fitting close to a lighthearted, thoughtful film. |
| User ReviewChucho E. QGave it 5 stars because Jennifer Connelly is butt booty naked in this film!! OH YEAHHHHH! |
| User ReviewMark AFirst I saw loverboy with Patrick Dempsey, and that was pretty decent. Now this. Im very impressed. This film was unpredictable and absolutely always entertaing. Dempsey just wanted to marry that one girl but her sisters kept tryin to seduce him, so he didnt kno wut to do. great film though, i recommend. |
| User ReviewCharles GA very pleasant surprise of a movie. Somewhat typical of 80s movies in style, but the plot is rather captivating. Give it a shot. |
| User ReviewEric HOne line summary: A fine comedy about a duck out of water with an eccentric family. ------------------ Gabriella invites Michael to spend Christmas with the family in Quebec City. This includes the mother and father, plus sisters Simone and Irenka, and Irenka's boyfriend Nick. Michael runs afoul of just about everything. Gabriella tells him she is no longer in love with him. Gabriella's mother is a fairly strict Catholic who believes in avoiding sex before marriage. The family dog does not seem to like him. In a sub-thread, the grandmother is ill, and periodically escapes from the hospital to be with her dead husband at their previous home. While looking for Granny, Michael falls down a shaft. Granny discovers him, and they go back to where Granny lived with her husband, also named Michael. Michael gets a second round of this when the others go skiing, Nick goes for petrol, and Michael thinks he's alone with her. Michael finds Granny's long missing 'summer shoes.' When he tries to present her with them, he finds that Granny has gone to yet another house. On the way back to the hospital, Granny's health plummets. Nick and Michael don't quite get her back in time. The funeral was held before Christmas. Nick leaves after the viewing. At Christmas, things are a bit somber. Michael meets (yes, mysterious) Young Granny at the family tomb. Michael has farewell discussions before he goes home. ------Scores------ Cinematography: 10/10 Professional presentation, start to finish. Sound: 9/10 The actors were properly miked, and most of the incidental music was well-chosen. Acting: 8/10 Patrick Dempsey was brilliant, as were Lila Kedrova, Andre Gregory, Florinda Bolkan, and Sanna Vraa. Jennifer Connelly was hard to recognise, and was more irritating than anything else. Screenplay: 8/10 Clever and mature. |