Show Reynolds just funny in Just Friends' Friends flick Stacie Peart The Globe Just Friends brings humor to the painful phase Lets just befriends befriends be friends Mends in this surprisingly great home for the holiday flick The reason Just Friends is a see must-see movie The cast Ryan Reynolds Amy Smart Anna Faris Paris Chris Klein and Chris Marquette will bring audiences to a roar as they ease through one hysterical scene after another Reynolds' Reynolds smashing performance performance performance mance as Chris Brander gives him the right to boast about being the it it comedy actor after his performance performance performance mance in hi Just Friends His witty and humorous portrayal of the thenice nice guy fighting back transports the overused storyline into a comedic gem Just Friends packages scenes to keep the audience reminiscing about their own high school moments and all of the baggage I scars that come with surviving those four dreadful years The film opens up as Reynolds is donning a fat suit to play a young high school version of his charac charac- ter His character Chris Brander is singing Ones 4 cheesy pop ballad I 1 Swear and professing his love to his best friend and secret crush Jamie Smart in her yearbook Brander takes the yearbook to Jamie during a graduation graduation graduation tion party at her house Predictably the high school jock takes the book and reads Branders Brander's yearbook inscription to the entire Class of 1995 This humiliation is quickly followed by Jamies Jamie's fatal words of I love you as a friend Fast forward ten years and Brander is successful in his career in Los Angeles Hes He's also become quite the womanizer by learning how to decipher all of the phrases women use with men Branders Brander's boss played by Steven Root Office Space demands that he track down the awful pop star sensation Samatha James Anna Faris Paris Scary Movie The Hot Chick and get her to sign with their label over the holidays This task is made daunting when its it's revealed that Brander has already encounter the psycho singer Faris Paris gives her usual energetic performance as a ditsy girl in the character of the certifiable pop star who believes that she is a true artist Ya right Like there is such a thing Some might catch the resemblance and jokes meant to poke fun at a real ditsy blond pop singer Branders Brander's assignment to sign the pop diva takes him on the plane ride from hell with her as she tries to seduce him by singing one of her ridiculous pop songs Just sitting through the first verse of the song gives audiences the horror that Reynolds' Reynolds is about to face during the flight to France for the holidays Fortunately or unfortunately the dimwitted pop star causes a fire onboard the plane because she microwaves a potato in a container with aluminum foil Downing the plane in New Jersey creates an opportunity for Reynolds to go home and once again see his mother Julie Haggerty Airplane and younger brother Chris Marquette The Girl Next Door After five minutes minutes minutes min min- utes of family time Brander ditches the family and escapes to a local bar with the pop diva in tow At the bar the Brander and his diva tagalong tagalong tagalong taga- taga long encounter the fat balding high school jock Branders Brander's best friends and of course Jamie This impromptu trip home and venture venture venture ven ven- ture to the bar gives Brander ample time tune to fight Dusty Chris Klein another wrong high school nerd for Jamies Jamie's heart As the pursuit commences the laughs continue even throughout the credits as Reynolds lip syncs I Swear in its entirety A comedic treat for all that venture out to see this movie Comedy fans will thoroughly enjoy this film because Just lust Friends has enough laughs to be a good romantic comedy that even men shouldn't be to weary about Just Friends is rated PG 13 l I p f f x 5 ii t yf tf x mr e eri ri r E c cU U c 3 z Ryan Reynolds dons a fat suit to play the younger version of his character in Just Friends |