Hoffnungslos verliebt (2000)
10KHoffnungslos verliebt: Directed by David Raynr. With Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Manu Intiraymi. A modern-day remake of the Cyrano DeBergerac tale.
“Whatever it Takes is another teenage comedy which takes place in I guess another of the top ten high schools in America where no one is ugly, no one seems to be lacking financially, and no one of discernible color or race plays a major part in the proceedings. In other words, an utopia for the new century. Even though Whatever it Takes may have been influenced on the surface by Rostandu0026#39;s long nosed romantic miscreant, it really falls in line with John Hughesu0026#39; two fisted romantic romps of the 80u0026#39;s Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful. All these films deal with the strained relationship between a pair of life long friends when an affair of the heart presents itself. Whateveru0026#39;s problems stem from the fact both leads who are supposedly intelligent canu0026#39;t see the forest for the trees. Sokoloff and West are very engaging and great to look at but to assume old friends will be become new lovers strains the tenets of logic. Love may be blind but does it necessarily have to be dumb as well, even in this day and age?”
