SFIAAFF: The Trouble With Romance (The Jennifer Siebel Movie)
Yes, lucky readers, that's right: Jennifer Siebel's movie The Trouble With Romance is screening in San Francisco for the SF Int'l Asian-American Film Festival. And who better to review the press screener we received, than our special guest correspondent, and Chronicle Culture Blog Gavin Watcher..... Beth Spotswood!!!!
The infamous SFist Rita took time away from her remote cave lair and evil blogging minions to hook me up with an advance copy of The Trouble with Romance, starring none other than SFist commenter herself, Jennifer Siebel.
Oh my god. Swiss Miss: Thespian.
I was given strict orders to review Jen's performance only, and while I still don't really understand why, I'm sticking to the rules. Don't mess with Rita. She'll make fun of your outfits. [We were told not to spoil the fine plot secrets of this movie for the viewing public! That's all! --r.]
I popped in that DVD, took a Newsom-esque swig of Chardonnay and settled in to see that girl's girl act her little heart out. Here's what I have to report:
After the jump: Jennifer Siebel as a psychotic and erratic girlfriend. We're sure it's all acting, people! The movie screens tonight at 9 p.m. and Monday evening at 7:30 as part of the SFIAAFF.
I hate to say this, but Jennifer Siebel is stunning. Seriously, people. She spends the first 15 minutes of the movie running around a hotel room in her underwear. And girl's girl is hot. Sure, she's gorgeous in that really obvious blonde, appallingly thin, practically naked kind of way, but you can see why Clooney hit it.
As a result of this costuming, I spent most of her performance wondering if this is how she acts and dresses around Gavin, freaking out in hotel rooms, climbing all over him naked and not eating.
Surprisingly, Jen's not a horrible actress. She's no Meryl Streep either, but amazingly enough, I found her character's psychotic and erratic behavior about her boyfriend believable.
Jen tries to pull off the pretty, sweet and quirky vibe and while she kinda succeeds at it, I get the feeling that she's trying too hard. I'm sure in real life she's very pretty, very sweet and most certainly quirky. Although somehow, neither Jen nor her character "Jill" seem particularly deep.
That being said, Jennifer Siebel's performance in The Trouble with Romance is highly watchable, if for nothing else, to get a scantily clad glimpse into what I can only imagine to be the boudoir goings on of our Mayor and his soon to be ex-girlfriend.
I know, I know. It sadennes me too.