It's Complicated--Blue Sponge Movie Review

We rented the movie, It's Complicated, from Amazon using our Roku device.  Before I get to how the movie was, I thought I'd mention that was the last time we'll rent a movie from Amazon on the Roku.  We spent $4.99 for the HD version of the film.  The standard version is $3.99.  Whether there was a problem with Amazon or our wireless connection, I don't know.  What I do know is that we received high def for the first 38 minutes of the film, then it suddenly stopped, reloaded, and became blurry low definition.  It was barely watchable.  We never had that kind of problem using Netflix on the Roku, but Amazon didn't work so well.  Lesson learned.

As for the movie, it wasn't that complicated.  Meryl Streep played a divorced chef who has an affair with her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin), which she feels isn't too immoral because her ex was married to the woman who he cheated on while married to her.  Steve Martin is the architect/love interest building an addition on to her already huge home, where she now lives alone. 

Wackiness is supposed to ensue, but not much really happens.  I love Meryl Streep, but when she is playing a character close to her own persona and trys to be funny or light, it seems forced and makes me uncomfortable (i.e. Mama Mia).  She seems to do much better when she plays more outside herself, like in Julie and Julia or The Devil Wears Prada. 

I was very disappointed with It's Complicated.  I had heard it was very funny, but I don't know what those people were talking about.  This was almost boring.  I wouldn't bother with it if I were you.  This movie had some very talented people, but they were all wasting their time.  They had Steve Martin and thought it would be funny if he was boring?  I give it only 2 out of 5 sponges.