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Waiting for Michelangelo In English (1996) Evelyn: "I guess it's true. You just know when it's right." Roy Dupuis got to play the physical embodiment of a refrigerator magnet. Unfortunately, the role was just that exciting. Kelly (Renee Coleman) is a divorced newscaster with an eleven-year-old son who has given up looking for the perfect man, until she meets Swiss art dealer Thomas (Roy Dupuis), who sweeps her off her feet. Of course, things are never that simple; at the same time, sensitive novelist Jonathan (Rick Roberts) also comes into her life, resulting in the inevitable love triangle. Renee Coleman was sweet and personable, and her character was likeable; it was pretty much her movie. I particularly liked the scene where Kelly and her best friend Evelyn were eating popcorn and running a video of Thomas backward and forward, over and over. The young actor who played Kelly's son okay, too, as was his oh so cute ambition to be a master chef. Roy Dupuis appeared awkward and uncomfortable in the part of Thomas, probably because they forgot to give his character a personality. I suspect he was cast because of his passing resemblance to Michelangelo's David, which was enhanced by a particularly curly hair style. They even have him standing in a David pose at one point, which might have been more exciting if he hadn't been fully clothed. Interestingly enough, a passionate love scene and a silly fight were the most convincing parts of the movie for me. It might be because Roy could effectively smolder and project sexual arousal or anger instead of spouting predictable dialogue in a Swiss accent that just never worked. He did do some cool physical stuff, which was fun. In one scene, he juggled; in another, he jumped rope like a boxing pro, and ran effortlessly while doing dialogue with Rick Roberts. "Waiting for Michelangelo" was occasionally funny and amusing, but it was also like a poorly written romance novel. It never came into focus, and it meandered to a predictable but somehow unrealistic conclusion. Two out of four stars, Billie |
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