Rated: M
Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Story by: Danielle Sanchez-Witzel
Screenplay by: Adam Cole-Kelly, Sam Pitman
Starring: Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Tiffany Haddish.
“I love my friends, but I don’t think I can handle the judgement today.”
I’m trying to think of a moment I didn’t like in this film. Maybe because I’ve been watching nothing but serious movies, crime series or the school holiday kid flicks… Do I like a chick movie now, that gets it?! Maybe I do…
Best buddies Mel (Rose Byrne) and Mia (Tiffany Haddish) are living the dream, running their own makeup store.
Boutique and clever with ideas like the, One Night Stand pack, they work when they want, give cute nerdy-girl discounts to young prom beauties so they can shine from the inside out… But living the dream comes at a cost that leaves the entrepreneurs in crushing debt. Debt that will close their business without a huge investment from an external source. Like Claire Luna (Salma Hayek).
A gift, a rescue, Mel thinks, because she knows the finances. It’s Mia who’s the genius when it comes to product. Mia doesn’t want to give up control, but without financial backing Mel knows the company will sink.
Savvy businesswoman Luna proposes a compromise, forty-nine percent if the girls can continue to work together, fifty-one percent if the partnership doesn’t last.
Confident in their friendship, the two besties agree to the terms not realising the lengths this ‘angry carrot – that’s not her hair,’ will go to in order to drive them apart.
There are some genuine chick moments that strikes a chord here, the setting of friend against friend unveiling some of that passive aggressive behaviour we’ve all been guilty of, when confronting a friend is just too hard.
I mean, I could go on about directors and actors and how the film was shot, but this movie’s all about the comedy and friendship of these two girls being themselves. Exactly what I was in the mood for.
I loved seeing Jennifer Coolidge as shop assistant, Sydney – gorgeous woman! And seeing chicks deal with the stress of it all without being dickheads about it is a lot of fun.
I know I’m being a bit lazy with this review, but right now? Like everyone else these days, I feel busy. So with this screening, I enjoyed taking a break and just having a laugh.