The Art of Woo

2001 "Sometimes a girl needs more than diamonds"
4.2| 1h37m| en
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Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this romantic comedy.

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Thehibikiew Not even bad in a good way
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
[email protected] When I like an actor or actress in a certain project, I tend to make my way through their filmography list to see some of their other performances.I was interested in seeing Adam Beach in a romantic role as everything else I had seen so far has had a mostly male bonding focus to it.I wasn't disappointed with what I saw. As Ben Crowchild, he portrayed a really charismatic and reticent kind of guy. "Tall, dark, and brooding" if you will. However, his co-star had an inconsistent performance in regards to her character's quirky-ness, and it made his performance look less consistent than it actually was. (Watching the movie the second time around brought that to light. All the scenes without her were fluid.) I also thought the direction could have been stronger. As in, I wish one scene, a scene where they argue, had been re-shot.(*Spoilerish*) Another disappointment was the 'artsy' take to the romance scene. I spend those moments trying to figure out what I was actually seeing. (Is that an arm or a leg? And whose?) My last criticism is of the inane beginning. I would have rathered watched her walking down the street and taken the time to read the credits than the singing dancing thing.Ok, enough synopsis. The bottom line is that there are some really endearing moments in this film. Definately worth plowing through if you are a fan of Adam Beach's.
jackfoley Some random comments about a film that doesn't deserve much thought: *Adam Beach is an awful actor; If Graham Greene is the native Canadian Tommy Lee Jones, Beach is the native Canadian Paul Walker.*Sook-Yin Lee was an annoying VJ on an annoying channel and now she's an annoying actress playing an annoying character.*"Woo" typifies in a number of ways the stereotypically bad Canadian movie; flat cinematography, stock, naive characters, inane dialogue.I'd rather insert a toolbox into my rectum than endure sitting through this again.
David de la Fuente Absolutely tedious and unmoving in every respect. Acting is bad and unbelievable. Dialogue is bad and unbelievable. Plot is bad and unbelievable. For God's sake, even the sex scene is boring. The people are certainly pretty enough to look at, but if that's all I want, I can find that anywhere.
furga I saw the film as well and was not blown away by. I did like the film visually, but felt that the actors were too set and too mechanical. Thought the choices were boring as well. The director shows promise, but will need to have much more vision on her future casting choices.