Enough Said - movie review

          “Enough Said” is the story of the relationship of Eva, played by Julia Louis Dreyfus, and Albert, played by James Gandolfini. Eva is a divorced single parent who works as a masseuse and has a daughter who is headed out of the nest for college, and Albert, also a divorcee, is a somewhat slovenly, but imminently likeable, cinematic librarian. They meet at a party and begin an intimate and highly unlikely (my opinion) relationship.

          Separate from meeting Albert, Eva also meets Marianne at this party and she becomes a friend and client of Eva’s . During the tenure of their friendship and client relationship, Eva listens to Marianne complain in painful detail about her ex.  I doubt it’ll be much of a spoiler to say that in the most uncomfortable meeting, Albert and his ex, Marianne, find out that Eva has known both of them throughout their respective associations. This all happens at Marianne’s house, in front of Eva.

          What I won’t spoil is how it is all ends. For that, you need to take the time to see this charming, intelligent and refreshingly mature flick.

          Honestly, I went to see this movie partly because it is James Gandolfini’s last. I must admit, he didn’t look well, sort of bloated and fairly unhealthy, which he actually was or portrayed so convincingly. There’ll probably be no accolades for “Enough Said,” but I found it a nice break from all the loud, metallic, zombie crap we’re being bombarded with currently at the theater. Oh, that made me sound sort of old, didn’t it?


                                                                       

                                                                                           Three ticket stubs out of possible five stubs



 



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