Summer ‘09: Movie critics weigh in

Movie critics are paid to be dispassionate assessors of the latest film releases.

But they’re human, too.

So, to prep for the summer movie season, WWTW checked in with a few movie critics and film bloggers to find out which film’s they’re dying to see:

• Kyle Smith, The New York Post/KyleSmithOnline: “Funny People.” “After ‘40-Year-Old-Virgin’ and ‘Knocked Up,’ Judd Apatow is the leading comedy filmmaker.”
• Nell Minnow, AKA Movie Mom: “Paper Heart: “I love big summer movies and of course I can’t wait for ‘Transformers,’ ‘The Taking of Pelham 123,’ and ‘Harry Potter.’  But I am perhaps most looking forward to the off-beat romances like ‘Paper Heart,’ with Michael Cera and his real-life girlfriend Charlyne Yi, which looks very fresh and real and winning.”

• Joe Leydon/Variety/Moving Picture Blog: “Funny People” “I’m eager to see what Judd Apatow does next.
• Vic Holtreman, Owner/Editor-in-Chief of Screen Rant: “Star Trek” “Huge fan of the original series but no so hung up on “canon” that I’m bent out of shape about the changes in the new film. The franchise needed a reboot desperately and this may be just the film to revive the brand.”
• Pat Piper, Lazy Eye Theatre: “Terminator: Salvation/Up/Funny People” – I’m interested to see what becomes of “Terminator: Salvation” and, yes, I know that means that I’m saying I’m interested in a McG film. And I’m also excited about “Up.” Pixar has paved a nice path for animation and I’m looking forward to seeing if they continue along it. And finally, I’m interested in seeing “Funny People.” “40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” were not solid storylines to me. It just seemed like a series of gags trying to pass as a story. “Funny People” might be the film where everything clicks. Or it may just be another Apatow comedy.

(Photo: The “Star Trek” movie reboot is among the more anticipated films of the summer.)

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