Review of My One and Only (2009) by Dawdlingpoet — 26 Nov 2021

This is a pretty easy watch - there is comedy, although it isn't exactly hilarious throughout, its definitely gentle comedy but I still found it amusing of course. Its about a lady (Anne Devereaux) who appears a bit of a bluffer, trying to be seen to be above her station, as it were, someone very much aspirational and keen to be seen as up and coming, a socialite. I suppose its about portraying, or maintaining an image once your situation has changed - trying to keep up with the Joneses a bit. I liked that the lighting is mostly quite soft - there's a moderate yellow tinge used and it has the look and feel of a 1920s-1940s film. It also features some fairly low tempo jazz/instrumental music played in the background at times, giving it a slight film noir feel, although this isn't a crime film of course.

Anne is clearly not the sort of person we should want to aspire to ourselves and yet she's shown to clearly care for her children and she tries to do well for them. Reece Witherspoon does alright playing her. She is someone you can half laugh at and feel sorry for, to an extent, I reckon. I thought it was reasonably stylish and an easy and overall enjoyable watch, so I'd recommend it.