Ein Kandidat zum Verlieben (TV Movie 2013)
61KEin Kandidat zum Verlieben: Directed by John Gray. With Julia Stiles, David Walton, Camryn Manheim, Georgia Lyman. After losing election for US Congress, the well spoken Hannah coaches a beer vendor for the position as he, contrary to Hannah, has a likable personality. Can they learn from each other?
“This sex-change version of George Bernard Shawu0026#39;s PYGMALION (best known in its musical version of MY FAIR LADY) seems a trifle tired. It works best when it moves furthest from its source; the standout character is Elliot Doolittleu0026#39;s sister, although Frances Fisher as his mother is obviously having a lot of fun with the bowdlerized version of Alfie Doolittle. Julia Stiles as Higgins seems to be clueless about how things actually work and David Walton as Elliot seems to go from a mush-mouthed Southie to someone whose greatest problem with language seems to be when to use u0026quot;whomu0026quot; without much struggle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, itu0026#39;s a great story and despite a few missteps in the script — intended to make it fit the standard Hallmark romcom format — it has some great moments of actual comedy. If, unlike its original, it does not start out all head and let the emotions of the matter sneak in later, that is a choice I can understand.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne particularly praiseworthy fact is that there are a lot of shots that show how clearly this one is set in Boston, and not just the typical setting shots, but real places that someone familiar with the city would choose. I always take special pleasure in seeing things like that in a movie.”
