| Suburban Girl | 
 enlarge | Director: Marc Klein
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Naughton, Peter Scolari, Jay Rodan
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 14298
Format: Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 97
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: IMED4503D
UPC: 014381450323
EAN: 0014381450323
ASIN: B000X73NC2
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 15, 2008
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Product Description
Brett a naive associate book editor embarks on her 1st big job. Overwhelmed by the demands of her new position she meets literary star archie knox & he introduces her to a glamorous new world. Torn between her old boyfriend her career & romance will brett realize her dreams in the big city? Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 05/20/2008 Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar Alec Baldwin
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 A Sweet Treat October 21, 2008
The performances of Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Alec Baldwin were quite wonderful in this extremely funny, very charming movie. The older man-younger woman thing worked surprisingly well ( due in no small part to the excellent chemistry between it's two stars ), and the director ( Joan Sobel ) kept the story refreshingly free of cliches. I highly recommend it.
 Much Ado About Nothing October 3, 2008
Sarah plays a book editor who sets her sights on dating the CEO of a publishing company. And that's pretty much the whole story. The problem with this film is that it has no drama. Most of the first hour is just about the two people dating. The last half hour of the film was a little slow and meandering, before it attempts to put a happy ending on this rather dull and pointless story. I was disappointed and now I know why the film went straight to DVD.
Starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer August 24, 2008
I admit it. I watched Suburban Girl because of Sarah Michelle Gellar. What can I say? I love my Buffy. This movie is based on the short stories in The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank. This further increased my interest, as I've seen the book, but never picked it up. (The movie has nothing to do with actual hunting or fishing, FYI.) Gellar is Brett Eisenberg, an editor, trying to work her way up at a NY publishing company, who meets Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin), a much older veteran of the publishing world. Romance ensues and real life tragedies interrupt, making both take watch of their lives. The funniest part about this movie was my boyfriend walking in and wondering who matched up Baldwin as Gellar's father. Uh, they are supposed to be a couple, yeah, so not believable. If you really love either of them, watch it, other than that save your time and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer instead. We will all be much happier.
a few reactions August 17, 2008
I would like to add that YES, the novel is great. I hope those who are disappointed by the movie won't be dissuaded from checking out the novel, which is wonderfully well written, not fluffy "lit". In fact Melissa Bank's writing has been compared to John Cheever and she has been described as a descendant of the Hemingway, Raymond Carver school.
Also I was surprised and pleased that someone commented that it is a shame that the movie gives the impression that older / younger relationships are doomed from the start. I have been with my husband for fourteen years; he is significantly older than I am and although there are challenges that come with this--yes, some power imbalance certainly, and also at times family members have had great difficulty accepting us--we are none-the-less extremely happy and committed. Even Bank's novel implies that there must always be a confused girl, messed-up older man dynamic, which I think is an unfortunate caricature.
Be it older woman / younger man, or the opposite, I think people should realize they can find happiness through unconventional relationships, and once they do they shouldn't have to be faced again and again with tiresome, sometimes very nasty stereotypes.
Bad Ending June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Suburban Girl overall was ok. It is not a movie that I would personally watch again. Part of it could have been my timing. In the movie Sarah Michelle Gellar's Character's father passes away. I watched it the day before Father's Day and my father passed a few years ago. When I first rented this movie I was under the impression that it was a romantic comedy as well. There was kind of a melancholy feel throughout the whole movie. Another thing that displeased me was the way that a relationship between an older man and younger woman was betrayed. In this movie it made it seem as though that type of relationship was pretty much doomed from the beginning and that is not always the case, granted this is a movie and not real life as well.
It is an ok movie to watch but don't do it on a rainy day.
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