Review of Suburban Girl (2007) by Gemma K — 28 May 2008

There is a reason the producers changed the title of the film from The Girls Guide to Hunting & Fishing to Suburban Girl. Where the former paints a picture of life and nature, the film has taken this and transformed it to adapt to Brett Eisenbergs (played by Sarah Michelle Geller) more restricted life as an ambitious New York editor who falls for the charms and security of Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin). Through a series of organised chapters, Brett offers the presumed female audience mutual identification through personal issues that the audience will empathise with as existing in their own lives. Although the performances from both Sarah Michelle Geller and Alec Baldwin were satisfying, the narratives transition between solemn and humorous issues unfortunately turned a potentially pleasing romantic story into something more perplexing, obscuring the real emotion and energy that the film could have offered.

Final Rating: (3) Three Star.