Rumor Has It

Rumor Has It is by no means a great movie, but it is an enjoyable one. It's helped on by an absurdist plot based on a Hollywood rumor, plus it makes fun of California, which is always good for a laugh. What really carries the film is that the actors in it are so damn good.

I could note Jennifer Aniston's performance as the unsure of her self 30 something, or Kevin Costner as the man who by movie's end will have slept with three generations of women, but hands down Shirley MacLaine steals every scene she is in, perhaps in part to brilliant lines like "I'll put on a pot of Bourbon." But she also has a great way of dismissing people she doesn't care for, letting slip knowledge she shouldn't and having a general disdain for the fact that she is a grandmother.

Credit also goes to Mark Ruffalo who plays the lovable guy who is about to get stepped on so well. The problem is despite getting his heart handed to him, in the end it is inevitable that he take the woman back. But he gives such a heartfelt speech as to why he feels betrayed that I was actually rooting for him to not take Aniston back because he deserves so much better.

For about ten seconds I actually believed he would let her walk out of his life and I was hoping, but inevitably Hollywood cliche reared its ugly head. But despite it, this movie was enjoyable. The actors had fun and it is genuinely funny at times. Plus the story has a nice finding yourself arc that is satisfying and the end love prevails. Who can get mad at a movie where love prevails?